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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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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 - 'You have seen what I did to the Mitzrim, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - "'These you shall detest among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the nesher, and the rakham, and the black rakham,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the peres, and the ozniah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 - The LORD will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the eretz, as the eagle flies; a nation whose language you shall not understand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle that stirs up her nest, That flutters over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bore them on his feathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Sha'ul and Yonatan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, 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 have passed away as the swift ships, As the eagle that swoops on the prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up, And makes his nest on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - Who satisfies your desire with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - The eye that mocks at his father, And scorns obedience to his mother: The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 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 on 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 those who wait for the LORD 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 to us! for we are ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 - For thus says the LORD: Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread out his wings against Mo'av.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - As for your terror, the pride of your heart has deceived you, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

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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 Botzrah: 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 sky: They chased us on 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 - Every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the Keruv, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third face 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 says the Lord GOD: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Levanon, 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 - "Put the shofar to your lips! Something like an eagle is over the LORD's house, Because they have broken my covenant, And rebelled against my law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though you mount on high as the eagle, and though your nest is set among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Shave your heads, And cut off your hair for the children of your delight. Enlarge your baldness like the rakham; For they have gone into captivity from you!

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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. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.
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