Strong H5860H5860Bעִיט
to pounce
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5860
- Transliteration
- ‛îyţ
- Pronunciation
- eet
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
STEP sense: to pounce
Exact lexical definition: dart greedily
Part of speech: verb
BDB context: [ עִיט ] vb. denom . dart greedily (like a bird of prey)
General definition
A primitive root; to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively): - {fly} rail.
In the Bible
Strong H5860B appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fly2
First verses
- 1 Samuel 14:32And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
- 1 Samuel 15:19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?