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Lexicon :: Strong's H5404 - nešer

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נֶשֶׁר
Transliteration
nešer
Pronunciation
neh'-sher
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to lacerate
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TWOT Reference: 1437

Strong’s Definitions

נֶשֶׁר nesher, neh'-sher; from an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of prey):—eagle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x

The KJV translates Strong's H5404 in the following manner: eagle (26x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 26x
The KJV translates Strong's H5404 in the following manner: eagle (26x).

  1. eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
נֶשֶׁר nesher, neh'-sher; from an unused root meaning to lacerate; the eagle (or other large bird of prey):—eagle.
STRONGS H5404: Abbreviations
† נֶשֶׁר noun masculineDeuteronomy 32:11 griffon-vulture, eagle (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian našru; Targum נַשְׁרָא; Syriac bdb067608 Arabic bdb067609 vulture (Lane2780), vulgar bdb067610 Ethiopic bdb067611 Di641; Sabean נסר proper name, of deity, and ביתן נסר DHMZMG. xxix (1875), 600; xxxvii (1883), 356); — absolute נ׳ Hosea 8:1 +; נָ֑שֶׁר Deuteronomy 28:49 +; plural נְשָׁרִים 2 Samuel 1:23 +, construct נִשְׁרֵי Lamentations 4:19; — sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (TristrNHB 172 ff. DrDeuteronomy 14:12 NowArchi i. 84 Lane2780), Micah 1:16 (bald, in simile) flying swiftly to pery Habakkuk 1:8; Job 9:26, compare Proverbs 30:17 (בְּנֵינֿ׳, unclean Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12; soaring Job 30:27, also in simile Proverbs 23:5; Isaiah 40:31; Obadiah 4, building nest high Jeremiah 49:16 (compare also Job 39:27); as swift also 2 Samuel 1:23, especially of Babylonian and Assyr. invader Jeremiah 4:13; Lamentations 4:19, compare Hosea 8:1; Deuteronomy 28:49; Jeremiah 48:40; Jeremiah 49:22 (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֺל Ezekiel 17:3 (figurativeof Nebuch.), Ezekiel 17:7 (figurative of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of light Proverbs 30:19; as renewing youth (by moulting) Psalm 103:5; as training and supporting its young Exodus 19:4 (E), Deuteronomy 32:11 (song); נ'פְּנֵי of cherubim in vision Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:4. — Only Micah 1:16 seems to compel reference to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles see references in DiLeviticus 11:13), and נ׳ may be a more comprehensive word, including both vulture and eagle.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5403.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

19:4

Leviticus

11:13; 11:13

Deuteronomy

14:12; 14:12; 28:49; 28:49; 32:11; 32:11

2 Samuel

1:23; 1:23

Job

9:26; 30:27; 39:27

Psalms

103:5

Proverbs

23:5; 30:17; 30:19

Isaiah

40:31

Jeremiah

4:13; 48:40; 49:16; 49:22

Lamentations

4:19; 4:19

Ezekiel

1:10; 10:4; 17:3; 17:7

Hosea

8:1; 8:1

Obadiah

1:4

Micah

1:16; 1:16

Habakkuk

1:8

H5404

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5404 matches the Hebrew נֶשֶׁר (nešer),
which occurs 26 times in 26 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:4 - Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ospray,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 - Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 -
As an eagle that stirreth up her nest,
That fluttereth over her young,
He spread abroad his wings, he took them,
He bare them on his pinions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 -
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives,
And in their death they were not divided:
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 -
They are passed away as the swift ships;
As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 -
Is it at thy command that the eagle mounteth up,
And maketh her nest on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 -
Who satisfieth thy desire with good things,
So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 -
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?
For riches certainly make themselves wings,
Like an eagle that flieth toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 -
The eye that mocketh at his father,
And despiseth to obey his mother,
The ravens of the valley shall pick it out,
And the young eagles shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 -
The way of an eagle in the air;
The way of a serpent upon a rock;
The way of a ship in the midst of the sea;
And the way of a man with a maiden.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as the whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 - For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 -
Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens:
They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 - and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
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