Qâʼath — H6893

Definition

feminine noun

probably the pelican (from vomiting)

1. a ceremonially unclean bird
1. perhaps pelican or cormorant
2. perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown

Usually translated as

cormorant

Origin

from H6958

• Derived from Qôwʼ (H6958)

Greek equivalents

• órneon (G3732)

Occurrences

Qâʼath occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (1), Zephaniah (1)

• Leviticus 11:18 — And the swan, and the pelican (הַקָּאָ֖ת), and the gier eagle,
• Deuteronomy 14:17 — And the pelican (וְהַקָּאָ֥ת), and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
• Psalms 102:6 — I am like a pelican (לִקְאַ֣ת) of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
• Isaiah 34:11 — But the cormorant (קָאַ֣ת) and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
• Zephaniah 2:14 — And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant (קָאַת֙) and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.