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Lexicon :: Strong's H6893 - qā'aṯ

Aa
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 BoxLev 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:18 - the white H8580 owl H8580, the [fn]pelican H6893, and the carrion H7360 vulture H7360,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:17 - the pelican H6893, the carrion H7360 vulture H7360, the cormorant H7994,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:6 -

I resemble H1819 a pelican H6893 of the wilderness H4057;

I have become H1961 like an owl H3563 of the ruins H2723.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:11 -

But [fn]pelican H6893 and hedgehog H7090 will possess H3423 it,

And [fn]owl H3244 and raven H6158 will dwell H7931 in it;

And He will stretch H5186 over H5921 it the line H6957 of [fn]desolation H8414

And the [fn]plumb H68 line H68 of emptiness H922.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:14 -

Flocks H5739 will lie H7257 down H7257 in her midst H8432,

[fn]All H3605 animals H2416 that range in herds H1471;

Both H1571 the [fn]pelican H6893 and the hedgehog H7090

Will spend H3885 their nights H3885 in [fn]the tops H3730 of H3730 her pillars H3730;

[fn]Birds H6963 will sing H7891 in the window H2474,

Devastation H2721 will be on the threshold H5592;

For He has uncovered H6168 the cedar H731 work H731.

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