עַיִט
ʻayiṭ · ah'-yit
a hawk or other bird of prey
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5860 (עִיט);
a hawk or other bird of prey
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the hand that works › to surround and contain
To see and know of the hand that works that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַיִט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and when the fowls1 · 13%
- which no fowl1 · 13%
- unto the fowls1 · 13%
- and the fowls1 · 13%
- a ravenous bird1 · 13%
- bird1 · 13%
- the birds1 · 13%
- thee unto the ravenous1 · 13%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.