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Greek

105. aetos -- an eagle
... eagle, bird of prey. Word Origin a prim. word Definition an eagle NASB
Word Usage eagle (3), vultures (2). eagle. From the same ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/105.htm - 6k

Library

The Carrion and the Vultures
... D.; ST. MATTHEW Chaps. XVIII to XXVIII THE CARRION AND THE VULTURES. 'Wheresoever
the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.'"Matthew 24:28. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the carrion and the vultures.htm

Juventus Mundi
... lay, Tried to keep the blows away, Till they stiffened into clay, And the ruffian
rode away: Swooping o'er the tainted ground, Carrion vultures gathered round ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/juventus mundi.htm

Bound to the Altar
... Before the fire came, or anything happened, the vultures, those unclean birds, were
circling around his head, and around the altar, trying to defile the ...
/.../howard/standards of life and service/ix bound to the altar.htm

Concerning Persecution
... There will be persecutions in regard of the enemies of the church. These vultures
prey upon God's turtles. The church has two sorts of enemies. Open enemies. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/21 concerning persecution.htm

Journey to Jerusalem. Ten Lepers. Concerning the Kingdom.
... the world. The word translated eagles is generic, and included the vultures
also (Pliny Nat. His. ix.3). It is likely that the Revision ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xcv journey to jerusalem ten.htm

Port of Spain
... The straight and level street, swarming with dogs, vultures, chickens, and goats,
passes now out of the old into the newer part of the city; and the type of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter iv port of spain.htm

A Prince's Bride
... The three vultures dropped noiselessly on the pavement. ... The vultures flew
up hastily and Costobarus saw them for the first time. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/miller/the city of delight/chapter i a princes bride.htm

The victory of Unarmed Faith
... Its coarseness is characteristic,"he will make his boyish antagonist food for
vultures and jackals. It is exactly what a bully would say. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/the victory of unarmed faith.htm

Expositions of Holy Scripture
... THE KING'S FAREWELL. TWO FORMS OF ONE SAYING. THE CARRION AND THE VULTURES. WATCHING
FOR THE KING. THE WAITING MAIDENS. DYING LAMPS. 'THEY THAT WERE READY'. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/

The High Woods
... On through the long silent street of Port of Spain, where the air was heavy with
everything but the fragrance of Ixoras, and the dogs and vultures sat about ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter vii the high woods.htm

Thesaurus

Vultures (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Vultures (6 Occurrences). Matthew 24:28 For wherever the
carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together. (WEB WEY NAS NIV). ...
/v/vultures.htm - 8k

Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... The eagle family could not be separated from the vultures by their habit of feeding,
for they ate the offal from slaughter as well as the vultures. ...
/e/eagle.htm - 28k

Vulture (16 Occurrences)
... This bird waited until smaller vultures, eagles and hawks stripped a carcass to
the bone, then carried the skeleton aloft and dashed it on the rocks until the ...
/v/vulture.htm - 14k

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)
... It is not a gregarious bird, and is found but rarely in Palestine. "When the other
vultures have picked the flesh off any animal, he comes in at the end of the ...
/o/ossifrage.htm - 10k

Flock (242 Occurrences)
... a flock of sparrows. (BBE). Matthew 24:28 Wherever the dead body is, there
will the vultures flock together. (WEY). Matthew 26:31 ...
/f/flock.htm - 39k

Gather (251 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Matthew 24:28 For wherever
the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together. ...
/g/gather.htm - 47k

Vulture's (1 Occurrence)

/v/vulture's.htm - 6k

Nest (22 Occurrences)
... use a large heap of coarse sticks and twigs on the cleft of a mountain (Job 39:27
Jeremiah 49:16 Obadiah 1:4); hawks prefer trees; vultures, hollow trees or ...
/n/nest.htm - 18k

Gier-eagle (4 Occurrences)
... jer'-eg'-l (racham; kuknos, in Leviticus, porphurion, in Deuteronomy): The name
applied to one of the commonest of the vultures, and not an eagle at all. ...
/g/gier-eagle.htm - 8k

Giereagle
... jer'-eg'-l (racham; kuknos, in Leviticus, porphurion, in Deuteronomy): The name
applied to one of the commonest of the vultures, and not an eagle at all. ...
/g/giereagle.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance

Vultures (6 Occurrences)

Matthew 24:28 For wherever the carcass is, there is where the vultures gather together.
(WEB WEY NAS NIV)

Luke 17:37 They, answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
(WEB WEY NAS NIV)

Job 15:23 He wanders abroad for bread, saying,'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.
(See JPS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 34:15 There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Lamentations 4:19 Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky: They chased us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Vultures

Related Terms

Eagle (27 Occurrences)

Vulture (16 Occurrences)

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)

Flock (242 Occurrences)

Gather (251 Occurrences)

Vulture's (1 Occurrence)

Nest (22 Occurrences)

Gier-eagle (4 Occurrences)

Giereagle