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1 Kings 17:6
“And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֹרֵבʻôrêb · o-rabe'
H6158 · Hebrew
H6158 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a raven (from its dusky hue)
- Derivation
- or עוֹרֵב; from H6150 (עָרַב);
- KJV renderings
- raven.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- עֹרְבִ֗ים — common noun, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:7Leviticus 11:15Deuteronomy 14:141 Kings 17:4Job 38:41
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֹרֵב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.