קֵן
qen
“nest”
Definition
a nest (as fixed), sometimes including the nestlings; figuratively, a chamber or dwelling
contracted from H7077 (קָנַן);
- nest 1a) nest (of bird) 1b) cells (like nests in Noah's ark)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
קֵן appears 12 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
If you come across a bird’s nest with chicks or eggs, either in a tree or on the ground along the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, you must not take the mother along with the young.
Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.
My hand reached as into a nestto seize the wealth of the nations.Like one gathering abandoned eggs,I gathered all the earth.No wing fluttered,no beak opened or chirped.’”
The terror you causeand the pride of your hearthave deceived you,O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks,O occupiers of the mountain summit.Though you elevate your nest like the eagle,even from there I will bring you down,”declares the LORD.
Does the eagle soar at your commandand make his nest on high?
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