Ayit עַ֫יִט
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| עַ֫יִט | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ayit |
| Strong's number | H5861 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | bird of prey |
| Occurrences | 8 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Ayit (Hebrew עַ֫יִט, Strong's H5861) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “bird of prey”. It occurs 8 times in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
bird of prey, a swooper
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | fowls (3), bird (2), fowl (1), birds (1), ravenous (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | bird of prey (3), birds of prey (2), birds (1), ravenous (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Ayit, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 15:11And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Job
- Job 28:7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 18:6They 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.They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.
- Isaiah 46:11Calling 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.I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 12:9Mine 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.Is not My inheritance to Me like a speckled bird of prey with other birds of prey circling against her? Go, gather all the beasts of the field; bring them to devour her.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 39:4Thou 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.On the mountains of Israel you will fall—you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to every kind of ravenous bird and wild beast.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).