The Eagle: A Bird of Prey
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Job 9:26
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey.
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Matthew 24:28
For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
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Greek
105. aetos -- an eagle
... an eagle. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: aetos Phonetic Spelling:
(ah-et-os') Short Definition: an eagle, bird of prey Definition: an eagle ...
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Strong's Hebrew
5822. ozniyyah -- (a bird of prey) perhaps vulture
... uncertain derivation Definition (a bird of prey) perhaps vulture NASB Word Usage
buzzard (2). ospray. Probably feminine of oz; probably the sea-eagle (from its ...
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6538. peres -- (a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture
... Definition (a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture NASB Word Usage vulture (2).
claw, ossifrage. From parac; a claw; also a kind of eagle -- claw, ossifrage. ...
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5404. nesher -- an eagle
... eagle. From an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of
prey) -- eagle. 5403, 5404. nesher. 5405 . Strong's Numbers.
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The Sheltering Wing
... in Moses' song, of God's protection and guidance as that of the eagle who stirred ...
a man does that, and swiftly, he is exposed to every bird of prey in the ...
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But Besides, if Birds of Augury Converse with one Another...
... He stung the bird, whose throat received the wound. Mad with the smart, he drops
the fatal prey,. ... Did the eagle, then, possess the power of divination, and the ...
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Three Pictures of one Reality
... that is attributed to Moses, which speaks of the eagle fluttering over ... A little brood
round the parent bird, frightened by some beast of prey, or hovering ...
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Psalm CXXIV.
... thee a less powerful robber; if a stronger eagle pursue thee ... who hath not given us
over for a prey unto their ... 9. "Our soul is escaped, even as a bird out of the ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxiv.htm

Demonstration v. --Of Wars.
... great things, [747] and whatsoever it finds it couches over as a lion over his prey? ...
And again he was compared to an eagle which surpasses every bird. ...
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How to Read the Bible
... ready to use it as a bird of prey does its ... It flits over the landscape as a bird
might do ... fine sermon"a grand sermon, a highfaluting, spread-eagle sermon; and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 25 1879/how to read the bible.htm

St. Gregory the Great.
... which it used to fly to the prey, for all ... The feathers of Leo's eagle shone to him
with celestial light; the talons of the royal bird traversed the ...
/.../allies/the formation of christendom volume vi/chapter v st gregory the.htm

The Temples and the Gods of Chaldaea
... of the gods governs the world: the bird Zu steals ... was supported upon two legs
terminating in eagle's claws; in ... whole firmament would have become a prey to them ...
/.../chapter iithe temples and the.htm

Constant, Instant, Expectant
... for a little; he must continue running if he is to catch his prey. ... true bird keeps
on the wing, especially if it is such a bird as the eagle, whose untiring ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 25 1879/constant instant expectant.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... In the eagle which flies at a great height, pride is ... The ostrich which, though a
bird, cannot fly, and is always ... hawk, which helps men to seize the prey, is a ...
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Resources
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