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

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:13 - ‘These, H428 moreover, you shall detest H8262 among H4480 the birds; H5775 they are [fn]abhorrent, H8263 not to be eaten: H398 the [fn]eagle H5404 and the vulture H6538 and the [fn]buzzard, H5822

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:12 - “But these H2088 are the ones which H834 you shall not eat: H398 the [fn]eagle H5404 and the vulture H6538 and the [fn]buzzard, H5822

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:49 - “The LORD H3068 will bring H5375 a nation H1471 against H5921 you from afar, 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 shall not understand, H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - “Like an eagle H5404 that stirs H5782 up its nest, H7064
That hovers H7363 over H5921 its young, H1469
He spread H6566 His wings H3671 and caught H3947 them,
He carried H5375 them on His pinions. H84

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:23 - “Saul H7586 and Jonathan, H3083 beloved H157 and pleasant H5273 in their life, H2416
And in their death H4194 they were not parted; H6504
They were swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles, H5404
They were stronger H1396 than H4480 lions. H738

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - “They slip H2498 by like H5973 reed H16 boats, H591
Like an eagle H5404 that swoops H2907 on [fn]its prey. H400

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - “Is it at your [fn]command H6310 that the eagle H5404 mounts H1361 up
And makes H7311 his nest H7064 on high? H7311

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - Who satisfies H7646 your [fn]years H5716 with good H2896 things, H2896
So that your youth H5271 is renewed H2318 like the eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - [fn]When you set H5774 your eyes H5869 on it, it is gone. H369
For wealth certainly H6213 makes H6213 itself wings H3671
Like an eagle H5404 that flies H5774 toward the heavens. H8064

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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,
And the young H1121 eagles H5404 will eat H398 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way H1870 of an eagle H5404 in the sky, H8064
The way H1870 of a serpent 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 maid. H5959

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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 with [fn]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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - “Behold, H2009 he goes H5927 up like clouds, H6051
And his chariots H4818 like the whirlwind; H5492
His horses H5483 are swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles. H5404
Woe H188 to us, for we are ruined!” H7703

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 - For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD: H3068
“Behold, H2009 one will fly H1675 swiftly H1675 like an eagle H5404
And spread H6566 out his wings H3671 against H413 Moab. H4124

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - “As for the terror H8606 of you,
The arrogance H2087 of your heart H3820 has deceived H5378 you,
O 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

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

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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 ambush H693 for us in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the form H1823 of their faces, H6440 each had the face H6440 of a man; H120 [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

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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 man, H120 the third H7992 the face H6440 of a lion, H738 and the fourth H7243 the face H6440 of an eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:3 - [fn]saying, H559 ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 “A great H1419 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 Lebanon H3844 and took H3947 away the top H6788 of the cedar. H730

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7

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 bent H3719 its roots H8328 toward H5921 him and sent H7971 out its branches H1808 toward him from the beds H6170 where H4302 it was planted, H4302 that he might water H8248 it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1

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 transgressed H5674 My covenant H1285
And rebelled H6586 against H5921 My law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - “Though H518 you build H1361 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

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make H7139 yourself bald H7139 and cut H1494 off H1494 your hair, H1494
Because H3588 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 exile. H1540

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - “Their horses H5483 are swifter H7043 than H4480 leopards H5246
And [fn]keener H2300 than H4480 wolves H2061 in the evening. H6153
Their [fn]horsemen H6571 come H935 galloping, H6335
Their horsemen H6571 come H935 from afar; H7350
They fly H5774 like an eagle H5404 swooping H2363 down to devour. H398
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