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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 15:11 - Upon
Genesis 15:11 - And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And when the fowls | H5861 | עַיִט |
[Noun Masculine] a hawk or other bird of prey |
came down | H3381 | יָרַד |
[Verb] to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower {region} as the {shore} a {boundary} the {enemy} etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications) |
upon | H5921 | עַל |
[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications |
the carcases | H6297 | פֶּגֶר |
[Noun Masculine] a carcase (as {limp }) whether of man or beast; figuratively an idolatrous image |
Abram | H87 | אַבְרָם |
[Proper Name Masculine] high father; {Abram} the original name of Abraham |
drove them away | H5380 | נָשַׁב |
[Verb] to blow; by implication to disperse |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.