Bird of prey
עַ֫יִטStrong’s H5861ayit (a-yit)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ayit is the Hebrew word usually translated “bird of prey”, “bird of prey of” and “that bird of prey”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.”
Meaning
- Bird of prey, a swooper
How it's translated
- a bird of prey 3
- the bird of prey 2
- to bird of prey of 2
- that bird of prey 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 2
- Genesis 1
- Job 1
- Jeremiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 28:7There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture’s eye hath not seen:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
עַ֫יִט ayit · bird of prey
bird of prey, a swooper
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.