Strong's Hebrew · H5861
עַיִט
ʻayiṭ · ah'-yit
Definitiona hawk or other bird of prey
Derivationfrom H5860 (עִיט);
KJV usagebird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Occurrences8 in the KJV · 6 verses
עַיִט in Scripture
Genesis 15:11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Job 28:7
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture' s eye hath not seen:
Isaiah 18:6
They 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 46:11
Calling 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 12:9
Mine 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 39:4
Thou 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.