Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6893: קָאַת

qâʼath · pronounced kaw-ath' · “pelican”

Definition

probably the pelican (from vomiting)

KJV translates it as: cormorant.

Word origin: from H6958 (קוֹא);

Extended definition

1) a ceremonially unclean bird
1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant
1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

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

How H6893 is translated

  • desert owl ×4
  • a desert owl of ×1

Bible verses with H6893 (qâʼath)

Qâʼath appears in 5 verses.

  • Leviticus 11:18

    And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,

  • Deuteronomy 14:17

    And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,

  • Psalms 102:6

    I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.

  • Isaiah 34:11

    But 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 2:14

    And 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.