Pinion
אֶבְרָהStrong’s H0084evrah (ev-rah)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Evrah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pinion its”, “pinion” and “pinions its”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:”
Meaning
- Pinion, wingof bird (ostrich, eagle, dove) · of God (metaph)
How it's translated
- pinion its 1
- a pinion 1
- and pinions its 1
- with pinion his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Job 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 39:13Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
- Psalms 68:13Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
- Psalms 91:4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Hebrew dictionary
אֶבְרָה evrah · pinion
1) pinion, wing 1a) of bird (ostrich, eagle, dove) 1b) of God (metaph)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “pinion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PINION, noun
pin'yon.
- The joint of a fowl's wing, remotest from the body.
- A fether; a quill.
- A wing.
- The tooth of a smaller wheel, answering to that of a larger.
All definitions and other forms of “pinion”
- Fetters or bands for the arms.
PINION, verb transitive
pin'yon. To bind or confine the wings.
- To confine by binding the wings.
- To cut off the first joint of the wing.
- To bind or confine the arm or arms to the body.
- To confine; to shackle; to chain; as, to be pinioned by formal rules of state.
- To bind; to fasten to.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.