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owls

Meaning of “owls”

Birds that chiefly fly and seek prey by night.

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6 occurrences6 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Job 30:29

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Every verse containing “owls”

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Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:29 · retained source text

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owles.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches.

1611 marginal notePsal. 102.6.

Isaiah 13:21
But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 13:21 · retained source text

But wilde beastes of the desert shall lye there, and their houses shalbe full of dolefull creatures, and owles shall dwell there, and Satyres shall daunce there.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Ziim.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Ochim.

1611 marginal noteOr, Ostriches.

1611 marginal noteHebr. daughters of the owle.

Isaiah 34:13
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:13 · retained source text

And thornes shall come vp in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shalbe an habitation of dragons, and a court for owles.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches. Hebr. daughters of the owle.

Isaiah 43:20
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 43:20 · retained source text

The beast of the field shall honor mee, the dragons and the owles, because I giue waters in the wildernesse, and riuers in the desert, to giue drinke to my people, my chosen.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches. Hebr. daughters of the owle.

Jeremiah 50:39
Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 50:39 · retained source text

Therefore the wilde beasts of the desert with the wilde beastes of the Ilands shall dwel there, and the owles shall dwell therein: & it shalbe no more inhabited for euer: neither shall it bee dwelt in frō generation to generation.

Micah 1:8
Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Micah 1:8 · retained source text

Therfore I wil waile and houle, I will goe stript and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owles.

1611 marginal noteHeb. daughters of the owle.

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