Hawk
דַּיָּהStrong’s H1772dayyah (day-yah)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Dayyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “black kite” and “black kites”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,”
Meaning
- A bird of prey (perhaps the kite)
How it's translated
- and the black kite 1
- black kites 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Deuteronomy 1
- Isaiah 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
דַּיָּה dayyah · hawk
a bird of prey (perhaps the kite)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hawk” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HAWK, noun
A genus of fowls, the Falco, of many species, having a crooked beak, furnished with a cere at the base, a cloven tongue, and the head thick set with feathers. Most of the species are rapacious, feeding on birds or other small animals. Hawks were formerly trained for sport or catching small birds.
All definitions and other forms of “hawk”
HAWK, verb intransitive
To catch or attempt to catch birds by means of hawks trained for the purpose, and let loose on the prey; to practice falconry.
- To fly at; to attack on the wing; with at.
HAWK, verb intransitive
To make an effort to force up phlegm with noise; as, to hawk and spit.
HAWK, noun
An effort to force up phlegm from the throat, accompanied with noise.
HAWK, verb transitive
[Latin auctio, auction, a sale by outcry.]
To cry; to offer for sale by outcry in the street, or to sell by outcry; as, to hawk goods or pamphlets.
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.