Lexicon :: Strong's H6833 - ṣipôr

They entered it with all the wildlife according to their kinds, all livestock according to their kinds, all the creatures that crawl on the earth according to their kinds, every flying creature ​— ​all the birds and every winged creature ​— ​according to their kinds.

So he brought all these to him, cut them in half, and laid the pieces opposite each other, but he did not cut the birds in half.

“the priest will order that two live clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one who is to be cleansed.

“He is to take two birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop to purify the house,

“or the form of any animal on the earth, any winged creature that flies in the sky,

“You may eat every clean bird,

“If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, do not take the mother along with the young.

Each[fn] day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every ten days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

Can you play with him like a bird

or put him on a leash[fn] for your girls?

the birds of the sky,

and the fish of the sea

that pass through the currents of the seas.

I have taken refuge in the LORD.

How can you say to me,

“Escape to the mountains[fn] like a bird!

Even a sparrow finds a home,

and a swallow, a nest for herself

where she places her young —

near your altars, LORD of Armies,

my King and my God.

I stay awake;

I am like a solitary bird on a roof.

There the birds make their nests;

storks make their homes in the pine trees.

We have escaped like a bird from the hunter’s net;

the net is torn, and we have escaped.

wild animals and all cattle,

creatures that crawl and flying birds,

Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,[fn]

like a bird from a hunter’s trap.[fn]

until an arrow pierces its[fn] liver,

like a bird darting into a snare —

he doesn’t know it will cost him his life.

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,

an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Anyone wandering from his home

is like a bird wandering from its nest.

For certainly no one knows his time: like fish caught in a cruel net or like birds caught in a trap, so people are trapped in an evil time as it suddenly falls on them.

the doors at the street are shut

while the sound of the mill fades;

when one rises at the sound of a bird,

and all the daughters of song grow faint.

Like hovering birds,

so the LORD of Armies will protect Jerusalem;

by protecting it, he will rescue it;

by passing over it, he will deliver it.

For no reason, my enemies[fn]

hunted me like a bird.

“I will plant it on Israel’s high mountain

so that it may bear branches, produce fruit,

and become a majestic cedar.

Birds of every kind will nest under it,

taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

“You, all your troops, and the peoples who are with you will fall on the mountains of Israel. I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and to the wild animals.

“Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Tell every kind of bird and all the wild animals, ‘Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my sacrificial feast that I am slaughtering for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel; you will eat flesh and drink blood.

They will be roused like birds from Egypt

and like doves from the land of Assyria.

Then I will settle them in their homes.

This is the LORD’s declaration.

Does a bird land in a trap on the ground

if there is no bait for it?

Does a trap spring from the ground

when it has caught nothing?