HebrewH6538Noun (Masculine)
פֶּ֫רֶס
pe.res
“vulture”
2Occurrences
H6538Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
a claw; also a kind of eagle
from H6536 (פָּרַס);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
- bird of prey 1a) perhaps bearded vulture or ossifrage 1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
H:N-M
Full Description
H:N-M
Occurrences
פֶּ֫רֶס appears 2 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Deuteronomy
1
Leviticus
1
Key Passages
Deuteronomy 14:12BSB
but these you may not eat:the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Leviticus 11:13BSB
Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable:the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.