H5860 עִיט

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 3 KJV occurrences

עִיט

ʻîyṭ · eet

Definition

to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively)

KJV Renderings

fly, rail.

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (3)

1 Samuel 14:32And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.
1 Samuel 15:19Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
1 Samuel 25:14¶ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.