International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Raven; Ravin

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Raven; Ravin


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rav´'n, rav´in: “Raven” (verb) is from “rapine,” “violent plundering, used for טרף, ṭāraph, in ; ; , , while “ravin” (noun) is the object ravened, in the torn carcasses (טרפה, ṭerēphāh). So “ravenous bird” (; ) is a bird of prey (not a “hungry bird”), עיט, ‛ayiṭ, literally, “a screecher.” “Ravenous beast” in is for פּריץ, pārı̄c, “violent one.” In the New Testament ἄρπαξ, hárpax, “rapacious,” is translated “ravening” in , while for the cognate ἁρπαγή, harpagḗ (), the King James Version gives “ravening,” the Revised Version (British and American) “extortion.”