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Genesis 15

Gen. 15:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when the fowls
`ayit (Hebrew #5861)
a hawk or other bird of prey
KJV usage: bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
Pronounce: ah'-yit
Origin: from 5860
came down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
upon the carcases
peger (Hebrew #6297)
a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image
KJV usage: carcase, corpse, dead body.
Pronounce: peh'gher
Origin: from 6296
, Abram
'Abram (Hebrew #87)
high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham
KJV usage: Abram.
Pronounce: ab-rawm'
Origin: contracted from 48
drove them away
nashab (Hebrew #5380)
to blow; by implication, to disperse
KJV usage: (cause to) blow, drive away.
Pronounce: naw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
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Cross References

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fowls.
Ezek. 17:3,7• 3And say, Thus saith the Lord God; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
 7There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. (Ezek. 17:3,7)
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Matt. 13:4• 4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (Matt. 13:4)
Abram.
Psa. 119:13• 13With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. (Psa. 119:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.