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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
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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 BoxDeu 28:49 - The LORD H3068 shall bring H5375 a nation H1471 against thee H5921 from far, H7350 from the end H7097 of the earth, H776 as swift as H834 the eagle H5404 flieth; H1675 a nation H1471 whose H834 tongue H3956 thou shalt H8085➔ not H3808 understand; ➔H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:11 - As an eagle H5404 stirreth up H5782 her nest, H7064 fluttereth H7363 over H5921 her young, H1469 spreadeth abroad H6566 her wings, H3671 taketh them, H3947 beareth them H5375 on H5921 her wings: H84

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They are passed away H2498 as H5973 the H591➔ swift H16 ships: ➔H591 as the eagle H5404 that hasteth H2907 to H5921 the prey. H400

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:27 - Doth H1361➔ the eagle H5404 mount up ➔H1361 at H5921 thy command, H6310 and H3588 make H7311➔ her nest H7064 on high? ➔H7311

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:5 - Who satisfieth H7646 thy mouth H5716 with good H2896 things; so that thy youth H5271 is renewed H2318 like the eagle's. H5404

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:5 - Wilt thou set H5774 thine eyes H5869 upon that which is not? H369 for H3588 riches certainly H6213 make H6213 themselves wings; H3671 they fly away H5774 as an eagle H5404 toward heaven. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:17 - The eye H5869 that mocketh H3932 at H1➔ his father, ➔H1 and despiseth H936 to obey H3349 his mother, H517 the ravens H6158 of the valley H5158 shall pick it out, H5365 and H398➔ the H5404➔ young H1121 eagles ➔ H5404 shall eat it. ➔H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:19 - The way H1870 of an eagle H5404 in the air; H8064 the way H1870 of a serpent H5175 upon H5921 a rock; H6697 the way H1870 of a ship H591 in the midst 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 - But they that wait H6960 upon the LORD H3068 shall renew H2498 their strength; H3581 they shall mount up H5927 with wings H83 as eagles; H5404 they shall run, H7323 and not H3808 be weary; H3021 and they shall walk, H3212 and not H3808 faint. H3286

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Behold, H2009 he shall come up H5927 as clouds, H6051 and H5492➔ his chariots H4818 shall be as a whirlwind: ➔H5492 his horses H5483 are swifter H7043 than eagles. H5404 Woe H188 unto us! for H3588 we are spoiled. H7703

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:40 - For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Behold, H2009 he shall fly H1675 as an eagle, H5404 and shall spread H6566 his wings H3671 over H413 Moab. H4124

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:16 - Thy terribleness H8606 hath deceived H5377 thee, H853 and the pride H2087 of thine heart, H3820 O thou that dwellest H7931 in the clefts H2288 of the rock, H5553 that holdest H8610 the height H4791 of the hill: H1389 though H3588 thou shouldest make H1361➔ thy nest H7064 as high ➔H1361 as the eagle, H5404 I will bring thee down H3381 from thence, H8033 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:22 - Behold, H2009 he shall come up H5927 and fly H1675 as the eagle, H5404 and spread H6566 his wings H3671 over H5921 Bozrah: H1224 and H1961➔ at H3117➔ that H1931 day ➔H3117 shall ➔H1961➔ the heart H3820 of the mighty men H1368 of Edom H123 be ➔H1961 as the heart H3820 of a woman H802 in her pangs. H6887

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:19 - Our persecutors H7291 are H1961 swifter H7031 than the eagles H5404 of the heaven: H8064 they pursued us H1814 upon H5921 the mountains, H2022 they laid wait H693 for us in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:10 - As for the likeness H1823 of their faces, H6440 they four had H702 the face H6440 of a man, H120 and the face H6440 of a lion, H738 on H413 the right side: H3225 and H6440➔ they four had H702 the face ➔H6440 of an ox H7794 on the left side; H8040 they four H702➔ also H6440➔ had ➔H702 the face ➔H6440 of an eagle. H5404

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:14 - And H702➔ every one had H259 four ➔H702 faces: H6440 the first H259 face H6440 was the face H6440 of a cherub, H3742 and H6440➔ the second H8145 face ➔H6440 was the face H6440 of a man, H120 and 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 - And say, H559 Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD; H3069 A H5404➔ great H1419 eagle ➔ H5404 with great H1419 wings, H3671 longwinged, H750 H83 full H4392 of feathers, H5133 which H834 had divers colours, H7553 came H935 unto H413 Lebanon, H3844 and took H3947 the highest branch H6788 of the cedar: H730

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:7 - There was also H1961 another H259 great H1419 eagle H5404 with great H1419 wings H3671 and many H7227 feathers: H5133 and, behold, H2009 this H2063 vine H1612 did bend H3719 her roots H8328 toward him, H5921 and H1808➔ shot forth H7971 her branches ➔H1808 toward him, that he might water H8248 it H853 by the furrows H6170 of her plantation. H4302

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:1 - Set the trumpet H7782 to H413 thy mouth. H2441 He shall come as an eagle H5404 against H5921 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 because H3282 they have transgressed H5674 my covenant, H1285 and H5921➔ trespassed H6586 against ➔H5921 my law. H8451

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Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:4 - Though H518 thou exalt H1361 thyself as the eagle, H5404 and though H518 thou set H7760 thy nest H7064 among H996 the stars, H3556 thence H8033 will I bring thee down, H3381 saith H5002 the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:16 - Make thee bald, H7139 and poll thee H1494 for H5921 thy delicate H8588 children; H1121 enlarge H7337 thy baldness H7144 as the eagle; H5404 for H3588 they are gone into captivity H1540 from thee. H4480

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:8 - Their horses H5483 also are swifter H7043 than the leopards, H5246 and are more fierce H2300 than H2061➔ the evening H6153 wolves: ➔H2061 and H6335➔ their horsemen H6571 shall spread themselves, ➔H6335 and their horsemen H6571 shall come H935 from far; H7350 they shall fly H5774 as the eagle H5404 that hasteth H2363 to eat. H398
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