The word in Scripture

Eagle in the Bible

The word eagle appears 25 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The eagle mounts up on strong wings, a picture of renewed strength. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What eagle means in the Bible

The eagle mounts up on strong wings, a picture of renewed strength.

Where the word eagle appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word eagle appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,”Deuteronomy 14:12

“As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:”Deuteronomy 32:11

“Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.”Psalms 103:5

“Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.”Proverbs 23:5

“The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.”Proverbs 30:19

“For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.”Jeremiah 48:40

“Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.”Jeremiah 49:22

“And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.”Revelation 4:7