Strong H5861עַ֫יִט

bird of prey

Transliteration
‛ayiţ
Pronunciation
ah'-yit
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H5860; a hawk or other bird of prey: - {bird} {fowl} ravenous (bird).

Detailed definition

bird of prey, a swooper

In the Bible

Strong H5861 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • fowl3
  • bird2
  • ravenous1

First verses

  1. Genesis 15:11
    And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
  2. Job 28:7
    There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
  3. Isaiah 18:6
    They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
  4. Isaiah 46:11
    Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
  5. Jeremiah 12:9
    Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
  6. Ezekiel 39:4
    Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
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