Quick Definition
heron
Strong's Definition
an unclean bird, perhaps the parrot (from its irascibility)
Derivation: from H599 (אָנַף);
KJV Usage: heron.
TWOT Reference: 133a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) an unclean bird
1a) perhaps an heron
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲנָפָה (a.na.phah) — heron. 1) an unclean bird 1a) perhaps an heron
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Birds
heron = fairly large bird with a long neck, long beak, and long legs; they stand or walk slowly in shallow water in rivers, dams, ponds, or lakes looking into the water for small fish, which they catch by suddenly darting their heads into the water; they fly with slow wing-beats; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲנָפָה n.f. an unclean bird base