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Lexicon :: Strong's H5404 - nešer

Aa
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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:4 - ‘You yourselves H859 have seen H7200 what H834 I did H6213 to the Egyptians H4714, and how I carried H5375 you on eagles’ H5404 wings H3671, and brought H935 you to Myself.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 -

‘Moreover, these H428 you shall detest H8262 among H4480 the birds H5775; they are detestable H8263, not to be eaten H398: the [fn]eagle H5404, the vulture H6538, and the [fn]buzzard H5822,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - “But these H2088 are the ones that you shall not eat H398: the [fn]eagle H5404 and the vulture H6538 and the [fn]buzzard H5822,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 -

“The LORD H3068 will bring H5375 a nation H1471 against H5921 you from far H7350 away H7350, from the end H7097 of the earth H776, as the eagle H5404 swoops H1675 down H1675; a nation H1471 whose H834 language H3956 you will not understand H8085,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 -

“As an eagle H5404 stirs H5782 up H5782 its nest H7064,

And hovers H7363 over H5921 its young H1469,

He spread H6566 His wings H3671, He caught H3947 them,

He carried H5375 them on His pinions H84.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 -

“Saul H7586 and Jonathan H3083, beloved H157 and delightful H5273 in [fn]life H2416,

And in their deaths H4194 they were not separated H6504;

They were H7043 swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles H5404,

They were mightier H1396 than H4480 lions H738.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 -

“They slip H2498 by H2498 like H5973 reed H16 boats H591,

Like an eagle H5404 that swoops H2907 on [fn]its prey H400.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 -

“Is it at your [fn]command H6310 that the eagle H5404 flies H1361 high H1361,

And makes H7311 his nest H7064 on high H7311?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 -

Who satisfies H7646 your [fn]years H5750 with good H2896 things H2896,

So that your youth H5271 is renewed H2318 like the eagle H5404.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 -

[fn]When you set H5774 your eyes H5869 on it, it is H369 gone H369.

For wealth certainly H6213 makes H6213 itself wings H3671

Like an eagle H5404 that flies H5774 toward the heavens H8064.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 -

The eye H5869 that mocks H3932 a father H1

And [fn]scorns H936 H3349 a mother H517,

The ravens H6158 of the valley H5158 will pick H5365 it out H5365,

And the young H1121 eagles H5404 will eat H398 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 -

The way H1870 of the eagle H5404 in the sky H8064,

The way H1870 of a snake H5175 on a rock H6697,

The way H1870 of a ship H591 in the middle H3820 of the sea H3220,

And the way H1870 of a man H1397 with a [fn]virgin H5959.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 -

Yet those who [fn]wait H6960 for the LORD H3068

Will gain H2498 new H2498 strength H3581;

They will [fn]mount H5927 up H5927 with wings H83 like eagles H5404,

They will run H7323 and not get H3021 tired H3021,

They will walk H1980 and not become H3286 weary H3286.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 -

“Behold H2009, he goes H5927 up H5927 like clouds H6051,

And his chariots H4818 like the whirlwind H5492;

His horses H5483 are H7043 swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles H5404.

Woe H188 to us, for we are ruined H7703!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 -

For this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Behold H2009, one will fly H1675 swiftly H1675 like an eagle H5404

And spread H6566 out H6566 his wings H3671 against H413 Moab H4124.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 -

“As for the terror H8606 you cause H8606,

The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,

You who live H7931 in the clefts H2288 of [fn]the rock H5553,

Who occupy H8610 the height H4791 of the hill H1389.

Though H3588 you make H1361 your nest H7064 as high H1361 as an eagle’s H5404,

I will bring H3381 you down H3381 from there H8033,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold H2009, [fn]He will mount H5927 up H5927 and swoop H1675 like an eagle H5404, and spread H6566 out H6566 His wings H3671 [fn]against H5921 Bozrah H1224; and the hearts H3820 of the warriors H1368 of Edom H123 on that day H3117 will be like the heart H3820 of a woman H802 in labor H6887.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 -

Our pursuers H7291 were swifter H7031

Than H4480 the eagles H5404 of the sky H8064;

They chased H1814 us on the mountains H2022,

They waited H693 in H693 ambush H693 for us in the wilderness H4057.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the form H1823 of their faces H6440, each had a human H120 face H6440; [fn]all four H702 had the face H6440 of a lion H738 on the right H3225 and the face H6440 of a bull H7794 on the left H8040, and [fn]all four H702 had the face H6440 of an eagle H5404.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - And each H259 one H259 had four H702 faces H6440. The first H259 face H6440 was the face H6440 of a cherub H3742, the second H8145 face H6440 was the face H6440 of a human H120, the third H7992, the face H6440 of a lion H738, and the fourth H7243, the face H6440 of an eagle H5404.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 - [fn]saying H559, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559: “A great H1419 [fn]eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671, long H750 pinions H83, and a full H4392 plumage H5133 of many H7553 colors H7553 came H935 to [fn]Lebanon H3844 and took H3947 away the top H6788 of the [fn]cedar H730.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 -

“But there was [fn]another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 and much H7227 plumage H5133; and behold H2009, this H2088 vine H1612 turned H3719 its roots H8328 toward H5921 him and sent H7971 out H7971 its branches H1808 toward him from the beds H6170 where H4302 it was planted H4302, so that he might water H8248 it.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 -

Put the trumpet H7782 to your [fn]lips H2441!

Like an eagle H5404 the enemy comes against H5921 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068,

Because H3282 they have violated H5674 My covenant H1285

And rebelled H6586 against H5921 My Law H8451.

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 -

“Though H518 you make H1361 your home high H1361 like the eagle H5404,

Though H518 you set H7760 your nest H7064 among H996 the stars H3556,

From there H8033 I will bring H3381 you down H3381,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 -

Shave H7139 yourself bald H7139, yes, cut H1494 off H1494 your hair H1494,

Because H5921 of the children H1121 of your delight H8588;

Extend H7337 your baldness H7144 like the eagle H5404,

For they will go H1540 from you into H1540 exile H1540.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 -

“Their horses H5483 are H7043 faster H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246,

And quicker H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening H6153.

Their [fn]horsemen H6571 charge H6335 along H6335,

Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar H7350;

They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 [fn]swooping H2363 down H2363 to devour H398.

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