Quick Definition
vulture
Strong's Definition
a claw; also a kind of eagle
Derivation: from H6536 (פָּרַס);
KJV Usage: claw, ossifrage.
TWOT Reference: 1821a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּ֫רֶס (pe.res) — vulture. 1) bird of prey 1a) perhaps bearded vulture or ossifrage 1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · פרס
Birds
bearded vulture, lammergeier exact meaning unknown; possibly: = a grouping of eagles and vultures of a slightly smaller size than the נֶשֶׁר; including: the Gypaëtus barbatus (Bearded vulture or Lammergeier), the Circaetus gallicus (alternatively Circaetus pectoralus: the Black-breasted Snake Eagle, the Short-toed Eagle, the Black-chested Harrier Eagle), and the Hieraeetus pennatus (Booted Eagle), as well as one or two others
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פֶּ֫רֶס n.[m.] a bird of prey, perh. bearded vulture, ‘ossifrage’ base