H5860: עִיט
ʻîyṭ · pronounced eet · “to scream”
Definition
to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: fly, rail.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1) to scream, shriek
1a) (Qal) to scream
1a) (Qal) to scream
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5860 is translated
- it rushed ×1
- did you rush? ×1
- he shouted ×1
Bible verses with H5860 (ʻîyṭ)
ʻîyṭ appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Samuel 14:32
And 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 15:19
Wherefore 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?
- 1 Samuel 25:14
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.