Strong H6893קָאַת
pelican
- Transliteration
- qâ'ath
- Pronunciation
- kaw-ath'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H6958; probably the pelican (from vomiting): - cormorant.
Detailed definition
1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant
1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant
1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
In the Bible
Strong H6893 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pelican3
- cormorant2
First verses
- Leviticus 11:18And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
- Deuteronomy 14:17And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
- Psalms 102:6I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
- Isaiah 34:11But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
- Zephaniah 2:14And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.