H5861 - עַיִט (ʻayiṭ)

H5861 עַיִט (ʻayiṭ) ah'-yit

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

bird of prey

Strong's Definition

a hawk or other bird of prey

Derivation: from H5860 (עִיט);

KJV Usage: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).

TWOT Reference: 1610a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) bird of prey, a swooper

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3732 G4071

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

bird of prey, a swooper

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַיִט ‛ayiṭ BDB Definition: 1) bird of prey, a swooper Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H5860 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1610a Total KJV Occurrences: 9

Bible Occurrences (6)

15:11

28:7

18:6 46:11

12:9

39:4

Genesis 15:11

And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

Job 28:7

No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.

Isaiah 18:6

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 46:11

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 12:9

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 39:4

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.