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1 down, 16 to go. On to bats being birds. Please educate us.

The scripture that was referred to says that bats fit into the definition of fowl which is the reference that bats are birds. Wouldn't you agree that they fit into this following defintion:

Number 5775

TDNT:
`owph {ofe} Word Origin:
from 5774 TDNT:
1582a Part of Speech:
Noun Masculine Usage in the KJV:
fowl 59, bird 9, flying 2, flieth 1

Total: 71Definition:

1. flying creatures, fowl, insects, birds
   1. fowl, birds
   2. winged insects

TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament

Number 5774

TDNT:
`uwph {oof} Word Origin:
a primitive root TDNT:
1582,1583,1583c AV - fly 17, (fly, flee...) away 6, faint 3, brandish 1, shine forth 1, set 1, weary 1, variant 2 Part of Speech:
TWOT - 1582,1583,1583c Usage in the KJV:
fly 17, (fly 0, flee...) away 6, faint 3, brandish 1, shine forth 1, set 1, weary 1, variant 2

Total: 32Definition:
v

1. to fly, fly about, fly away
   1. (Qal)
      1. to fly, hover
      2. to fly away
   2. (Hiphil) to cause to fly, light upon
   3. (Polel)
      1. to fly about or to and fro
      2. to cause to fly to and fro, brandish
   4. (Hithpolel) to fly away
2. (Qal) to cover, be dark n f
3. gloom

TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament; TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament

[whattajoke]

While applaud your attempt, using that definition of the original word ('owfe) would also mean that all flying things are therefore equivalent to fowl. Which would therefore mean that penguins = falcons = auks = flying foxes = robins = Archaeopteryx = vultures = flying tree frogs = bats = airplanes = Sinornis = ostriches = those balled up tee shirts they shoot into crowds at minor league sporting events.