Kite
דָּאָהStrong’s H1676daah (da-ah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Daah is the Hebrew word usually translated “black kite”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;”
Meaning
- Fast-flying bird of prey (kite?), bird of prey
How it's translated
- the black kite 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
דָּאָה daah · kite
fast-flying bird of prey (kite?), bird of prey
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “kite” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
KITE, noun
A rapacious fowl of the genus Falco or hawk, remarkable for gliding through the air without frequently moving its wings; hence called glide.
- A name of reproach, denoting rapacity.
- A light frame of wood and paper constructed for flying in the air for the amusement of boys.
All definitions and other forms of “kite”
KITE, noun
In the north of England, the belly.
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.