How many times is eagle mentioned in the Bible?
The word eagle appears 23 times in the King James Version, in 23 verses. Counting every form (eagle, eagles), it appears 32 times in 32 verses across 18 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses eagle 21 times (28 with every form).
Eagle in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of eagle counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| eagle | 23 | 21 |
| eagles | 9 | 7 |
| Total | 32 | 28 |
Which books mention eagle most
Eagle appears in 18 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and Ezekiel share the most, 4 each.
Also in: Habakkuk (1), Matthew (1), Luke (1).
First and last mention of eagle
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
Where the two translations differ
5 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Leviticus 11:18: counted in the KJV only
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
Deuteronomy 14:17: counted in the KJV only
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
the pelican, the vulture, the cormorant,
Revelation 8:13: counted in the World English Bible only
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!”
Verses with eagle on our topic pages
2 verses that use eagle in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Common questions
How many times is eagle in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 28 of the 32 uses are in the Old Testament and 4 in the New Testament. Eagle appears in 18 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and Ezekiel share the most, 4 each.
Where is eagle first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Exodus 19:4: "Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself." The last is Revelation 12:14.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.