ἀετός,
-οῦ,
ὁ (like Latin
avis, from
ἄημι on account of its wind-like flight [cf. Curtius, § 596]) [from Homer down], in the
Sept. for
נֶשֶׁר,
an eagle:
Revelation 4:7;
Revelation 8:13 (Rec. ἀγγέλου); Revelation 12:14.
In Matthew 24:28; Luke 17:37 (as in Job 39:30; Proverbs 30:17) it is better, since eagles are said seldom or never to go in quest of carrion, to understand with many interpreters either the vultur percnopterus, which resembles an eagle (Pliny, h. n. 10, 3 "quarti generis — viz. aquilarum — est percnopterus"), or the vultur barbatus. Cf. Winers RWB under the word Adler; [Tristram, National History of the Bible, p. 172ff]. The meaning of the proverb [cf. examples in Wetstein on Matthew, the passage cited] quoted in both passages is, 'where there are sinners (cf. πτῶμα), there judgments from heaven will not be wanting'.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Job
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39:30
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Proverbs
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30:17
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Matthew
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24:28
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Luke
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17:37
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Revelation
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4:7; 8:13; 12:14
