Raven, Ravin
rav’n, ravin: Raven (verb) is from rapine, violent plundering, used for , taraph, in Gen 49:27; Psa 22:13; Eze 22:25, Eze 22:27, while ravin (noun) is the object ravened, in Nah 2:12 the torn carcasses (, terephah). So ravenous bird (Isa 46:11; Eze 39:4) is a bird of prey (not a hungry bird), , ayit, literally, a screecher. Ravenous beast in Isa 35:9 is for , parc, violent one. In the New Testament , harpax, rapacious, is translated ravening in Mat 7:15, while for the cognate , harpage (Luk 11:39), the King James Version gives ravening, the Revised Version (British and American) extortion.