עַיִט ʻayiṭ
Meaning
a hawk or other bird of prey
In the King James Version: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Derivation: from H5860 (עִיט);
Where it is used
- 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.