Lexicon :: Strong's H6893 - qā'aṯ

קָאַת
Transliteration
qā'aṯ
Pronunciation
kaw-ath'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From קִיא (H6958)
Dictionary Aids

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 Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, 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, 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