Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H338: אִי

ʼîy · pronounced ee · “wild beast”

Definition

a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. any solitary wild creature

KJV translates it as: wild beast of the islands.

Word origin: probably identical with H337 (אִי) (through the idea of a doleful sound);

Extended definition

howling beast, jackal

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H338 is translated

  • hyenas ×3

Bible verses with H338 (ʼîy)

ʼîy appears in 3 verses.

  • Isaiah 13:22

    And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.

  • Isaiah 34:14

    The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest.

  • Jeremiah 50:39

    Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.