קָאַת
qāʾat
pelican
Strong's H6893NounHebrewTWOT 1976

קָאַת (qāʾat) is a Hebrew noun meaning pelican. It appears 5 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6893).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1976)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1976)pelican; cormorant
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קָאַת noun, feminine: pelican

קָאָת noun, feminine a bird, usually pelican

Strong's H6893 קָאַת: probably the pelican (from vomiting)
KJV:cormorant.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:18Deuteronomy 14:17Isaiah 34:11

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