• H1819 — דָּמָה (dâmâh, daw-maw'): a primitive root; to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider; compare, devise, (be) like(-n), mean, think, use similitudes.
• H2723 — חׇרְבָּה (chorbâh, khor-baw'): feminine of חֹרֶב (chôreb) H2721; properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolation; decayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).
• H3563 — כּוֹס (kôwç, koce): from an unused root meaning to hold together; a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye); cup, (small) owl. Compare כִּיס (kîyç) H3599.
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר (dâbar) H1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H6893 — קָאַת (qâʼath, kaw-ath'): from קוֹא (qôwʼ) H6958; probably the pelican (from vomiting); cormorant.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא (hâvâʼ) H1933); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

Verse Cross-References

• a pelican — Isaiah 34:11-15, Zephaniah 2:14, Revelation 18:2
• like — Job 30:29-30, Isaiah 38:14, Micah 1:8

Reciprocal references (1): Leviticus 11:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: BIRDS
• Torrey’s: BIRDS; OWL, THE
• Nave’s: AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES; FELLOWSHIP; PELICAN