'Wings' in the Bible

They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings.

You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself.

The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid.

and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts. Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire -- it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, so the Lord spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions.

He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub's wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub's wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub's other wing touched the second cherub's other wing in the middle of the room.

The priests brought the ark of the Lord's covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs.

The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.

and for the refined gold of the incense altar. He gave him the blueprint for the seat of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord's covenant.

The combined wing span of the cherubs was 30 feet. One of the first cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub's wings.

Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings.

The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.

The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.

"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south?

Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings!

He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind.

How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings.

I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place!

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes.

I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah)

For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice.

When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold.

He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.

and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.

If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea,

When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle!

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel."

The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush,

But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired.

For the Lord says, "Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab.

Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings, a nation will soar up and swoop down on Bozrah. At that time the soldiers of Edom will be as fearful as a woman in labor."

but each had four faces and four wings.

They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead.

Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies.

Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body.

When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings -- it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.

and the sound of the living beings' wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound.

The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God when he speaks.

(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.)

along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around.

When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side.

The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched (when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord's temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings.

Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them.

Say to them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.

"'There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted.

"The first one was like a lion with eagles' wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it.

"After these things, as I was watching, another beast like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. This beast had four heads, and ruling authority was given to it.

A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky.

But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall.

"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it!

Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying: "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!"

They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle.

But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, to the place God prepared for her, where she is taken care of -- away from the presence of the serpent -- for a time, times, and half a time.