Word Study · Strong's H338 · Hebrew
אִי
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Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼîy
“a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. any solitary wild creature”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a howler (used only in the plural), i.e. any solitary wild creature
Rendered in the KJV as
wild beast of the islands.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- אִיִּ֔ים2
- אִיִּים֙1
How it is rendered · 1
- hyenas3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- noun · masculine plural3
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- HNcmpa · 3
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Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 13:22אִיִּים֙ʾiyimnoun · masculine pluralHyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.here: hyenas
- Isaiah 34:14אִיִּ֔יםʾiyimnoun · masculine pluralThe desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.here: hyenas
Same headword in Strong's