TBESH · H6893
קָאַת · qa.at · pelican
1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
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qa.at H6893
קָאַת (qa.at) means “pelican” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
קָאַת Hebrew · H6893 5 tagged occurrences in 5 verses
Pronunciation guide: kaw-ath' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H6958 (קוֹא); probably the pelican (from vomiting)
KJV glosses: cormorant.
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How translators render H6893
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the desert owl | 4 |
| owl | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| and the pelican | 2 |
| a pelican | 1 |
| both the cormorant | 1 |
| but the cormorant | 1 |
Verses containing H6893
Page 1 of 1. 5 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Leviticus 11:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
Read word by word - Deuteronomy 14:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant,
Read word by word - Psalms 102:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 102.7
- Isaiah 34:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
Read word by word - Zephaniah 2:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Herds will lie down in her midst, creatures of every kind. Both the desert owl and screech owl will roost atop her pillars. Their calls will sound from the window, but desolation will lie on the threshold, for He will expose the beams of cedar.
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