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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
Dictionary Aids

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 - ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ H5404 wings, and brought you to Myself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - ‘These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are [fn]abhorrent, not to be eaten: the [fn]eagle H5404 and the vulture and the [fn]buzzard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - “But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the [fn]eagle H5404 and the vulture and the [fn]buzzard,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:49

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 - “The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle H5404 swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - “Like an eagle H5404 that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,
And in their death they were not parted;
They were swifter than eagles, H5404
They were stronger than lions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - “They slip by like reed boats,
Like an eagle H5404 that swoops on [fn]its prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - “Is it at your [fn]command that the eagle H5404 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 [fn]years with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - [fn]When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
For wealth certainly makes itself wings
Like an eagle H5404 that flies toward the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - The eye that mocks a father
And [fn]scorns a mother,
The ravens of the valley will pick it out,
And the young eagles H5404 will eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way of an eagle H5404 in the sky,
The way of a serpent on a rock,
The way of a ship in the middle of the sea,
And the way of a man with a maid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - Yet those who [fn]wait for the LORD
Will gain new strength;
They will [fn]mount up with [fn]wings like eagles, H5404
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - “Behold, he goes up like clouds,
And his chariots like the whirlwind;
His horses are swifter than eagles. H5404
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, one will fly swiftly like an eagle H5404
And spread out his wings against Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - “As for the terror of you,
The arrogance of your heart has deceived you,
O you who live in the clefts of [fn]the rock,
Who occupy the height of the hill.
Though you make your nest as high as an eagle’s, H5404
I will bring you down from there,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, [fn]He will mount up and swoop like an eagle H5404 and spread out His wings [fn]against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles H5404 of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; [fn]all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and [fn]all four had the face of an eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 - [fn]saying, ‘Thus says the Lord [fn]GOD, “A great eagle H5404 with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - “But there was [fn]another great eagle H5404 with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - Put the trumpet to your [fn]lips!
Like an eagle H5404 the enemy comes against the house of the LORD,
Because they have transgressed My covenant
And rebelled against My law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - “Though you build high like the eagle, H5404
Though you set your nest among the stars,
From there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make yourself bald and cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle, H5404
For they will go from you into exile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - “Their horses are swifter than leopards
And [fn]keener than wolves in the evening.
Their [fn]horsemen come galloping,
Their horsemen come from afar;
They fly like an eagle H5404 swooping down to devour.
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