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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 - ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried 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 are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle,[fn] the vulture, the black vulture,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,

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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 away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. 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 skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - who satisfies your desires 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 - Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 - This is what the LORD says: “Look! An eagle is swooping down, spreading its wings over Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - The terror you inspire and the pride of your heart have deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks, who occupy the heights of the hill. Though you build your nest as high as the eagle’s, from there I will bring you down,”

declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s warriors 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 eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - Each of the cherubim had four faces: One face was that of a cherub, the second the face of a human being, 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 - Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: A great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colors came to Lebanon. Taking hold of the top of a cedar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - “ ‘But there was another great eagle with powerful wings and full plumage. The vine now sent out its roots toward him from the plot where it was planted and stretched out its branches to him for water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - “Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of the LORD because the people 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 soar like the eagle and make 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 - Shave your head in mourning for the children in whom you delight; make yourself as bald as the vulture, 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, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
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