Lexicon :: Strong's H5404 - nešer

נֶשֶׁר

Transliteration

nešer

Pronunciation

neh'-sher

Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From an unused root meaning to lacerate

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1437

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

נֶשֶׁר nesher, neh'-sher; from an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of prey):—eagle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H5404 in the following manner: eagle (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H5404 in the following manner: eagle (26x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

נֶשֶׁר nesher, neh'-sher; from an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of prey):—eagle.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H5404: Abbreviations

† נֶשֶׁר noun masculine^{Deuteronomy 32:11} griffon-vulture, eagle (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian našru; נַשְׁרָא; Syriac Arabic vulture (Lane²⁷⁸⁰), vulgar Ethiopic Di⁶⁴¹; Sabean נסר proper name, of deity, and ביתן נסר DHM^{ZMG. xxix (1875), 600; xxxvii (1883), 356)}; — absolute נ׳ Hosea 8:1 +; נָ֑שֶׁר Deuteronomy 28:49 +; plural נְשָׁרִים 2 Samuel 1:23 +, construct נִשְׁרֵי Lamentations 4:19; — sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (Tristr^{NHB 172 ff.} Dr^{Deuteronomy 14:12} Now^{Archi i. 84} Lane²⁷⁸⁰), Micah 1:16 (bald, in simile) flying swiftly to pery Habakkuk 1:8; Job 9:26, compare Proverbs 30:17 (בְּנֵינֿ׳, unclean Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12; soaring Job 30:27, also in simile Proverbs 23:5; Isaiah 40:31; Obadiah 4, building nest high Jeremiah 49:16 (compare also Job 39:27); as swift also 2 Samuel 1:23, especially of Babylonian and Assyr. invader Jeremiah 4:13; Lamentations 4:19, compare Hosea 8:1; Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22 (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֺל Ezekiel 17:3 (figurativeof Nebuch.), Ezekiel 17:7 (figurative of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of light Proverbs 30:19; as renewing youth (by moulting) Psalm 103:5; as training and supporting its young Exodus 19:4 (E), Deuteronomy 32:11 (song); נ'פְּנֵי of cherubim in vision Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:4. — Only Micah 1:16 seems to compel reference to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles see references in Di^{Leviticus 11:13}), and נ׳ may be a more comprehensive word, including both vulture and eagle.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5403.

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