What does "Birds" mean in the Bible?
Birds are mentioned as articles of food in Deut 14:11, and lists of birds not to be eaten are given. Birds appears in 14 verses across 6 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Birds?
BIRDS are mentioned as articles of food in Deut 14:11, and lists of birds not to be eaten are given. Lev 11:13-19; Deut 14:12-19. In general, the ravenous kinds feeding on flesh are forbidden. From Job 6:6; Luke 11:12 we learn that the eggs of birds were also eaten. In the cleansing of the leper birds were used in a peculiar way. Lev 14:4-7. There was a humane law in the Jewish code which forbade the taking a
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Greek word for Birds?
Greek · G4071
πετεινός
peteinos
bird
TBESG, from Abbott-Smith (1922). Public domain.
Where does Birds appear in the Bible?
Birds is referenced in 14 verses across 6 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Acts 10:12
- Acts 11:6
- James 3:7
- Luke 8:5
- Luke 9:58
- Luke 12:24
- Luke 13:19
- Matthew 6:26
- Matthew 8:20
- Matthew 13:4
- Matthew 13:32
- Mark 4:4
- Mark 4:32
- Romans 1:23
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Birds.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Birds?
Birds appears in 14 verses across 6 books, most often in Luke, which accounts for 4 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Birds?
Luke, Matthew, Acts, Mark, James, Romans.
Where can I read every verse about Birds?
This page lists 14 of them. Protos carries all 14, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
