Quick Definition
gull
Strong's Definition
the gull (as thin)
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to peel, i.e. emaciate;
KJV Usage: cuckoo.
TWOT Reference: 2365a
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שַׁ֫חַף (sha.chaph) — gull. 1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) cuckow, gull, seagull, sea-mew 1b) maybe an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Birds
seagull = seabird, living on the coasts of large bodies of water; white with gray or black back and upper wing surfaces; it has long flexible wings; it feeds on fish or plankton, usually settling on the water to feed; some dive into the water for their food, and many are also shoreline scavengers, eating dead fish, crabs, and shellfish; Larus ridibundus, Larus argentatus, ◄ Sterna hirundo, Sterna albifrons; ► unclean and therefore not to be eaten
1 LEV 11:16 · DEU 14:15 RSV NIV NJPS NJB NRSV "gull, seagull"; REB "long-eared owl"
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שַׁ֫חַף] n.[m.] prob. sea-mew, gull base