Bible Dictionary: Carrion

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The dead and putrefying flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

2. (n.) A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.

3. (a.) of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Greek

4430. ptoma -- a fall, hence a misfortune, ruin
... dead body, carcass, corpse. From the alternate of pipto; a ruin, ie (specially),
lifeless body (corpse, carrion) -- dead body, carcase, corpse. see GREEK pipto. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7360. racham -- carrion vulture
... 7359, 7360. racham or rachamah. 7361 . carrion vulture. Transliteration: racham
or rachamah Phonetic Spelling: (raw-khawm') Short Definition: vulture. ...
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5038. nebelah -- a carcass, corpse
... From nabel; a flabby thing, ie A carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often
collectively); figuratively, an idol -- (dead) body, (dead) carcase, dead of itself ...
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Library

The Carrion and the Vultures
... D.; ST. MATTHEW Chaps. XVIII to XXVIII THE CARRION AND THE VULTURES. 'Wheresoever
the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.'"Matthew 24:28. ...
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The Two Yokes
... habits. Here is a raven, to tutor it into cleanly living, it must forego
all carrion, it must feed upon these grains sweet and pure. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 18 1872/the two yokes.htm

Little Sins
... Well, said Rowland Hill, suppose some one should say to me, Mr. Hill, I understand
you eat carrion, and I should say, no, no, I don't eat carrion. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/little sins.htm

Expositions of Holy Scripture
... THE KING'S FAREWELL. TWO FORMS OF ONE SAYING. THE CARRION AND THE VULTURES. WATCHING
FOR THE KING. THE WAITING MAIDENS. DYING LAMPS. 'THEY THAT WERE READY'. ...
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The Importunate Widow.
... He who thus simply brings sweet food from noisome carrion, has all power in heaven
and in earth; His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/xxviii the importunate widow.htm

Of the Prerogatives which the Elect Shall Enjoy in Heaven.
... O what an honour is it, that our bodies (falling more vile than carrion) should
thus arise in glory, like unto the body of the Son of God! (1 Thess. iv.1.). ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/3 of the prerogatives which.htm

A March
... and ice and snow and sleet; Aching backs and frozen feet; Knees which reel as marches
quicken, Ranks which thin as corpses thicken; While with carrion birds we ...
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Juventus Mundi
... boy lay, Tried to keep the blows away, Till they stiffened into clay, And the ruffian
rode away: Swooping o'er the tainted ground, Carrion vultures gathered ...
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Contents
... TWO FORMS OF ONE SAYING (Matthew 24:13, RV; Luke 21:19). THE CARRION AND THE VULTURES
(Matthew 24:28). WATCHING FOR THE KING (Matthew 24:42-51). ...
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Judging, Asking, and Giving
... Carrion flies that buzz with a sickening hum of satisfaction over sores, and prefer
corruption to soundness, are as good judges of meat as such critics are of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/judging asking and giving.htm

Thesaurus

Carrion (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Multi-Version Concordance Carrion (3 Occurrences). ...
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Carrion-vulture (2 Occurrences)
Carrion-vulture. Carrion, Carrion-vulture. Carry . Multi-Version
Concordance Carrion-vulture (2 Occurrences). Leviticus ...
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Raven (7 Occurrences)
... Ravens feed mostly on carrion, and hence their food is procured with difficulty
(Job 38:41; Psalm 147:9). When they attack kids or lambs or weak animals, it is ...
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Vulture (16 Occurrences)
... VULTURE. vul'-tur (da'ah; Septuagint gups, and iktinos; Latin Vulturidae): Any member
of a family of large birds that subsist wholly or in part on carrion. ...
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Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)
... It differs from the vulture in that it is not a consistent carrion feeder, but prefers
to take prey of the size captured by some of the largest eagles. ...
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Hyena
... They are large and strong, but cowardly. They feed chiefly on carrion, and are
nocturnal in their habits. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HYENA. ...
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Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... There were many large birds and carrion eaters flocking over Palestine, attracted
by the offal from animals slaughtered for tribal feasts and continuous ...
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Carrieth (10 Occurrences)

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Birds (125 Occurrences)
... hawk, sea-mew, hawk, little owl, cormorant, great owl, horned owl, pelican and vulture
were offensive because they were birds of prey or ate carrion or fish ...
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Bible Concordance

Carrion (3 Occurrences)

Leviticus 11:18 and the swan, and the pelican, and the carrion vulture,
(DBY JPS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 14:17 and the pelican, and the carrion vulture, and the gannet,
(DBY JPS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 39:4 You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your hordes, and the peoples who are with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the animals of the field to be devoured.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Carrion

Related Terms

Carrion-vulture (2 Occurrences)

Raven (7 Occurrences)

Vulture (16 Occurrences)

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)

Hyena

Eagle (27 Occurrences)

Carrieth (10 Occurrences)

Birds (125 Occurrences)

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