List of Animals in The Bible - K

K

• Kestrel. — A slender hawk, most likely one of the species intended by Lev., xi, 16, for it is very common in Israel. The remark of Job, xxxix, 26, strikingly points out the tinnulus cenchris, one of the Israeli kestrels.

• Kid. — See GOAT. (sup.).

• Kine. — See CATTLE (sup.).

• Kite. — As suggested by the analogy with the Arabic, the black kite (milvus nigrans) is probably meant by Hebr. dã'ah or dáyyah (Leviticus 11:14; Deuteronomy 14:13; Isaiah 34:15), interpreted kite in the D.V.; it is one of the most common of the scavenger birds of prey of the country, and for this reason, is carefully protected by the villagers. Other kinds of kites, in particular the milvus regalis, are common in Israel.