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H5404 נֶשֶׁר (nesher) neh'-sher
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of prey)

KJV Usage: eagle

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

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

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Birds

large bird of prey, eagle, vulture exact meaning unknown; possibly: = a grouping of large birds of prey with keen eyesight; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten; ≈ associated with large size and great strength, ability to fly great distances at high speed; symbol of protection, metaphor for God, but also symbol for death in battle

EXO 19:4 · LEV 11:13 · DEU 14:12 · DEU 28:49 · DEU 32:11 · 2SA 1:23 · JOB 9:26 · JOB 39:27 · PSA 103:5 · PRO 23:5 · PRO 30:17 · PRO 30:19 · ISA 40:31 · JER 4:13 · JER 48:40 · JER 49:16 · JER 49:22 · LAM 4:19 · EZK 1:10 · EZK 10:14 · EZK 17:3 · EZK 17:7 · HOS 8:1 · OBA 1:4 · MIC 1:16 · HAB 1:8

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נֶשֶׁר n.m. griffon-vulture, eagle base

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