巢
cháo
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How is 巢 read in the Chinese Bible?
巢 is read cháo in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 4 times in 3 verses across 3 books, first in Numbers 24:21. Common words: 巢穴, 窝巢.
- Occurrences
- 4
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 3
- First in
- Numbers 24:21
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: nest, living quarters in tree
In the text
- Numbers 24:21
巴兰观看基尼人，就题起诗歌说： 你的住处本是坚固； 你的窝巢做在岩穴中。
- Deuteronomy 32:11
又如鹰搅动巢窝， 在雏鹰以上两翅搧展， 接取雏鹰，背在两翼之上。
- Revelation 18:2
他大声喊着说： 巴比伦大城倾倒了！倾倒了！ 成了鬼魔的住处 和各样污秽之灵的巢穴 ， 并各样污秽可憎之雀鸟的巢穴。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.