Strong H7958שְׂלָו
quail
- Transliteration
- ώelâv ώelâyv
- Pronunciation
- {sel-awv'} sel-awv'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
By orthographical variation from H7951 through the idea of sluggishness; the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight): - quails.
Detailed definition
quail
In the Bible
Strong H7958 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- quail4
First verses
- Exodus 16:13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
- Numbers 11:31And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
- Numbers 11:32And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- Psalms 105:40The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.