Genesis 15:11
Old Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עוֹף
ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
פֶּגֶר
peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
אַבְרָם
ʼAbrâm
Abram, the original name of Abraham
עֵדֶר
ʻêder
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
פֶּגֶר peger
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
Study H6297 →עוֹף ʻôwph
a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively
Study H5775 →Cross References
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furro...
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