'Wings' in the Bible

You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I took you, as on eagles' wings, guiding you to myself.

And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.

And their wings were stretched out over the cover; the faces of the winged ones were opposite one another and facing the cover.

And let it be broken open at the wings, but not cut in two; and let it be burned on the altar by the priest on the wood which is on the fire; it is a burned offering; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.

And of the things living in the waters, you may take all those who have wings for swimming with and skins formed of thin plates.

But any which have no skin-plates or wings for swimming, you may not take; they are unclean for you.

As an eagle, teaching her young to make their flight, with her wings outstretched over them, takes them up on her strong feathers:

All his holy ones are at his hand; they go at his feet; they are lifted up on his wings.

The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.

And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

And against the walls all round, and against the walls of the Temple and of the inmost room, he put up wings, with side rooms all round:

With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.

These were placed inside the inner house, their outstretched wings touching the walls of the house, one touching one wall and one the other, while their other wings were touching in the middle.

And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

And the best gold for the altar of perfumes; and gold for the design of the carriage, for the winged ones whose wings were outstretched covering the ark of the Lord's agreement.

Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; one wing, five cubits long, touching the wall of the house, and the other, of the same size, meeting the wing of the other winged one.

And in the same way, the wings of the other, five cubits long, were stretched out, one touching the wall and the other meeting the wing of the first winged one.

Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.

And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.

When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

Is it through your knowledge that the hawk takes his flight, stretching out his wings to the south?

And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.

How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

And I said, If only I had wings like a dove! for then I would go in flight from here and be at rest.

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.

I will make your tent my resting-place for ever: I will keep myself under the cover of your wings. (Selah.)

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

Happy is he whose resting-place is in the secret of the Lord, and under the shade of the wings of the Most High;

You will be covered by his feathers; under his wings you will be safe: his good faith will be your salvation.

The arch of your house is based on the waters; you make the clouds your carriage; you go on the wings of the wind:

If I take the wings of the morning, and go to the farthest parts of the sea;

Are your eyes lifted up to it? it is gone: for wealth takes to itself wings, like an eagle in flight up to heaven.

Say not a curse against the king, even in your thoughts; and even secretly say not a curse against the man of wealth; because a bird of the air will take the voice, and that which has wings will give news of it.

Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight.

And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.

Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:

Like birds with outstretched wings, so will the Lord of armies be a cover to Jerusalem; he will be a cover and salvation for it, going over it he will keep it from danger.

But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

For the Lord has said, See, he will come like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Moab.

See, he will come up like an eagle in flight, stretching out his wings against Bozrah: and the hearts of Edom's men of war on that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.

And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

And they had the hands of a man under their wings; the four of them had faces on their four sides.

And their wings were separate at the top; two of the wings of every one were joined one to another, and two were covering their bodies.

Under the arch their wings were straight, one stretched out to another: every one had two wings covering their bodies on this side and two covering their bodies on that side.

And when they went, the sound of their wings was like the sound of great waters to my ears, like the voice of the Ruler of all, a sound like the rushing of an army: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

And there was a voice from the top of the arch which was over their heads: when they came to rest they let down their wings.

And there was the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another, and the sound of the wheels at their side, the sound of a great rushing.

And the sound of the wings of the winged ones was clear even in the outer square, like the voice of the Ruler of all.

And I saw the form of a man's hands among the winged ones under their wings.

And when the winged ones went, the wheels went by their side: and when their wings were lifted to take them up from the earth, the wheels were not turned from their side.

And the winged ones, lifting up their wings, went up from the earth before my eyes, with the wheels by their side: and they came to rest at the east doorway of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.

Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings.

Then the wings of the winged ones were lifted up, and the wheels were by their side; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high.

And say, This is what the Lord has said: A great eagle with great wings, full of long feathers of different colours, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

And there was another eagle with great wings and thick feathers: and now this vine, pushing out its roots to him, sent out its branches in his direction from the bed where it was planted, so that he might give it water.

The first was like a lion and had eagle's wings; while I was watching its wings were pulled off, and it was lifted up from the earth and placed on two feet like a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

After this I saw another beast, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings like those of a bird; and the beast had four heads, and the power of a ruler was given to it.

And lifting up my eyes I saw two women coming out, and the wind was in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they took the ephah, lifting it up between earth and heaven.

But to you who give worship to my name, the sun of righteousness will come up with new life in its wings; and you will go out, playing like young oxen full of food.

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who were sent to her! again and again would I have taken your children to myself, as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, but you would not!

And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything in detail.

And the four beasts, having every one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and inside: and without resting day and night, they say, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, Ruler of all, who was and is and is to come.

And they had breastplates like iron, and the sound of their wings was as the sound of carriages, like an army of horses rushing to the fight.

And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake.