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Lexicon :: Strong's H6893 - qā'aṯ

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קָאַת
Transliteration
qā'aṯ
Pronunciation
kaw-ath'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1976

Strong’s Definitions

קָאַת qâʼath, kaw-ath'; from H6958; probably the pelican (from vomiting):—cormorant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6893 in the following manner: pelican (3x), cormorant (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6893 in the following manner: pelican (3x), cormorant (2x).

  1. a ceremonially unclean bird

    1. perhaps pelican or cormorant

    2. perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָאַת qâʼath, kaw-ath'; from H6958; probably the pelican (from vomiting):—cormorant.
STRONGS H6893: Abbreviations
† קָאַת, קָאָת noun [feminine] a bird, usually pelican (compare Greek Version of the LXX Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Vulgate Psalms (derived by Thes from [קוא], קיא (see Köii. 1, 173, and, on ת, Ges§ 80 g), as throwing up food from its crop for its young); but sea-fowl improbable in Psalms, Isaiah; Late Hebrew קָאָת, Targum קָאתָא id.); — absolute הַקָּאָת Leviticus 11:18 = Deuteronomy 14:17, as unclean; קָאַת (van d. H. Gi; Baer קָאָת) Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14, as inhabiting ruins; construct קְאַת מִדְכָּר Psalm 102:7, simile of loneliness.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

11:18

Deuteronomy

14:17

Psalms

102:7

Isaiah

34:11

Zephaniah

2:14

H6893

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6893 matches the Hebrew קָאַת (qā'aṯ),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:18 - And the swan, H8580 and the pelican, H6893 and the gier eagle, H7360

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:17 - And the pelican, H6893 and the gier eagle, H7360 and the cormorant, H7994

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 - I am like H1819 a pelican H6893 of the wilderness: H4057 I am like an owl H3563 of the desert. H2723

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 - But the cormorant H6893 and the bittern H7090 shall possess H3423 it; the owl H3244 also and the raven H6158 shall dwell H7931 in it: and he shall stretch out H5186 upon it the line H6957 of confusion, H8414 and the stones H68 of emptiness. H922

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 - And flocks H5739 shall lie down H7257 in the midst H8432 of her, all the beasts H2416 of the nations: H1471 both the cormorant H6893 and the bittern H7090 shall lodge H3885 in the upper lintels H3730 of it; their voice H6963 shall sing H7891 in the windows; H2474 desolation H2721 shall be in the thresholds: H5592 for he shall uncover H6168 the cedar work. H731
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