1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) perhaps pelican or cormorant 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H6893 — קָאַת
qa.at · pelican · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Leviticus 11:18 · הַקָּאָ֖תand the horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture,Deuteronomy 14:17 · וְהַקָּאָ֥תand the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,Psalm 102:6 · לִקְאַ֣תI am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.Isaiah 34:11 · קָאַ֣תBut the pelican and the porcupine shall possess it; and the owl and the raven shall dwell therein: and he will stretch over it the line of confusion, and the plummet of emptiness.Zephaniah 2:14 · קָאַת֙And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.