H5861: עַיִט
ʻayiṭ · pronounced ah'-yit · “bird of prey”
Definition
a hawk or other bird of prey
KJV translates it as: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Word origin: from H5860 (עִיט);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5861 is translated
- a bird of prey ×3
- birds of prey ×2
- birds of prey of ×2
- are birds of prey? ×1
Bible verses with H5861 (ʻayiṭ)
ʻayiṭ appears in 6 verses.
- Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
- Job 28:7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.