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HebrewH5404Noun (Masculine)

נֶשֶׁר

ne.sher

26Occurrences
H5404Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

the eagle (or other large bird of prey)

from an unused root meaning to lacerate;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture Aramaic equivalent: ne.shar (*נְשַׁר *"eagle" H5403)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

נֶשֶׁר appears 26 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Ezk
4
Jeremiah
4
Deuteronomy
3
Proverbs
3
Job
2
2 Samuel
1
Exodus
1
Habakkuk
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 1:23BSB

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

Ezk 1:10BSB

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Hosea 8:1BSB

Put the ram’s horn to your lips!An eagle looms over the house of the LORD,because the people have transgressed My covenantand rebelled against My law.

Jeremiah 49:22BSB

Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down,spreading its wings over Bozrah.In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty menwill be like the heart of a woman in labor.

Micah 1:16BSB

Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hairin mourning for your precious children;make yourselves as bald as an eagle,for they will go from you into exile.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.