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It is used in the Bible to describe birds that are known for their keen eyesight and ability to swiftly capture their prey. These birds are often associated with desolation and judgment, symbolizing the aftermath of destruction where such birds would gather.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern culture, birds of prey were commonly seen as symbols of death and desolation. They were often associated with battlefields and places of destruction, where they would feed on the remains. The presence of these birds was a vivid image of the consequences of divine judgment and the desolation that follows. In the biblical context, they serve as a metaphor for God's judgment and the swiftness with which it can come upon the unrepentant.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/5860.htm">it</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a bird of prey<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bird of prey (3), birds of prey (4), predatory (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">עַ֫יִט</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Jer 12:19</sup> <font size="+1"><b>bird(s) of prey</b></font> (from <em>scream</em>); — absolute <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ע</font> <a href="/interlinear/genesis/15-11.htm">Genesis 15:11</a>+, <font class="hebrew2">עָ֑יִט</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/28-7.htm">Job 28:7</a>, with article (perhaps) <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַע</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12-9.htm">Jeremiah 12:9</a>b (compare Gie; <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַע</font> interrogative v<sup>a</sup>); construct <font class="hebrew2">עֵיט</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18-6.htm">Isaiah 18:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39-4.htm">Ezekiel 39:4</a>; — usually collective <a href="/interlinear/genesis/15-11.htm">Genesis 15:11</a> (JE), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18-6.htm">Isaiah 18:6</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/28-7.htm">Job 28:7</a>, <font class="hebrew2">עֵיט הָרִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18-6.htm">Isaiah 18:6</a>, <font class="hebrew2">עֵיט</font> <font class="hebrew2">צִמּוֺר כָּלכָּֿנָף</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39-4.htm">Ezekiel 39:4</a>; figurative of foes of Judah <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12-9.htm">Jeremiah 12:9</a> b; of single bird <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12-9.htm">Jeremiah 12:9</a> a (figurative of Judah), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/46-11.htm">Isaiah 46:11</a> (figurative of invader, "" <font class="hebrew2">אִישׁ עֲצָתִי</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bird, fowl, ravenous bird <p>From <a href="/hebrew/5860.htm">iyt</a>; a hawk or other bird of prey -- bird, fowl, ravenous (bird). <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/5860.htm">iyt</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הַעַ֖יִט הַעַ֨יִט הָעַ֔יִט הָעַ֖יִט העיט לְעֵ֣יט לְעֵ֨יט לעיט עַ֔יִט עָ֑יִט עיט ‘a·yiṭ ‘ā·yiṭ ‘ayiṭ ‘āyiṭ Ayit ha‘ayiṭ hā‘ayiṭ ha·‘a·yiṭ hā·‘a·yiṭ haAyit lə‘êṭ lə·‘êṭ leEit<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/genesis/15-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Genesis 15:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיֵּ֥רֶד <b> הָעַ֖יִט </b> עַל־ הַפְּגָרִ֑ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/genesis/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The birds of prey</span> came down<br><a href="/kjvs/genesis/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And when the fowls</span> came down<br><a href="/interlinear/genesis/15-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> came <span class="itali">the birds</span> upon the carcasses<p><b><a href="/text/job/28-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 28:7</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/28.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">לֹֽא־ יְדָ֣עוֹ <b> עָ֑יִט </b> וְלֹ֥א שְׁ֝זָפַ֗תּוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/28.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> The path no <span class="itali">bird of prey</span> knows, Nor<br><a href="/kjvs/job/28.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [There is] a path <span class="itali">which no fowl</span> knoweth,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/28-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> no knows <span class="itali">bird</span> Nor caught<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/18-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 18:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יֵעָזְב֤וּ יַחְדָּו֙ <b> לְעֵ֣יט </b> הָרִ֔ים וּֽלְבֶהֱמַ֖ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for mountain <span class="itali">birds</span> of prey,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> together <span class="itali">unto the fowls</span> of the mountains,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will be left together <span class="itali">birds</span> mountain the beasts<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/18-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 18:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְקָ֤ץ עָלָיו֙ <b> הָעַ֔יִט </b> וְכָל־ בֶּהֱמַ֥ת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> birds <span class="itali">of prey,</span> And for the beasts<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the earth: <span class="itali">and the fowls</span> shall summer<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/18-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> shall summer of <span class="itali">prey</span> and all the beasts<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/46-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 46:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/46.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">קֹרֵ֤א מִמִּזְרָח֙ <b> עַ֔יִט </b> מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מֶרְחָ֖ק</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/46.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Calling <span class="itali">a bird of prey</span> from the east,<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/46.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Calling <span class="itali">a ravenous bird</span> from the east,<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/46-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Calling the east <span class="itali">A bird</span> country A far<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 12:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> הַעַ֨יִט </b> צָב֤וּעַ נַחֲלָתִי֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> like a speckled <span class="itali">bird</span> of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [is] unto me [as] a speckled <span class="itali">bird,</span> the birds<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">bird</span> A speckled is my inheritance<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 12:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נַחֲלָתִי֙ לִ֔י <b> הַעַ֖יִט </b> סָבִ֣יב עָלֶ֑יהָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> bird <span class="itali">of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey</span> against<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> bird, <span class="itali">the birds</span> round about<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/12-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> A speckled is my inheritance <span class="itali">of prey</span> every against<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/39-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 39:4</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֑ךְ <b> לְעֵ֨יט </b> צִפּ֧וֹר כָּל־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/39.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> kind <span class="itali">of predatory</span> bird<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/39.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that [is] with thee: I will give <span class="itali">thee unto the ravenous</span> birds<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> who for <span class="itali">of predatory</span> bird to every<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5861.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5861.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5861<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ayit_5861.htm">‘ā·yiṭ — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/haayit_5861.htm">hā·‘a·yiṭ — 4 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/leeit_5861.htm">lə·‘êṭ — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/hebrew/5860b.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="5860b"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="5860b" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hebrew/5862.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="5862"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="5862" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>