H5404 - נֶשֶׁר (nesher)

H5404 נֶשֶׁר (nesher) neh'-sher

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

eagle

Strong's Definition

the eagle (or other large bird of prey)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to lacerate;

KJV Usage: eagle.

TWOT Reference: 1437

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G105

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture Aramaic equivalent: ne.shar (נְשַׁר "eagle" H5403)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נֶשֶׁר nesher BDB Definition: 1) eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to lacerate Same Word by TWOT Number: 1437 Total KJV Occurrences: 26

Bible Occurrences (26)

19:4

11:13

14:12 28:49 32:11

1:23

9:26 39:27

103:5

23:5 30:17 30:19

40:31

4:13 48:40 49:16 49:22

4:19

1:10 10:14 17:3 17:7

8:1

1:4

1:16

1:8

Exodus 19:4

You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

Leviticus 11:13

Additionally, you are to detest... the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Deuteronomy 14:12

but these you may not eat...: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Deuteronomy 28:49

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle — a nation whose language you will not understand,

Deuteronomy 32:11

As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them [and] carried them on His pinions.

2 Samuel 1:23

Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

Job 9:26

They sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.

Job 39:27

Does the eagle... soar at your command and make his nest on high?