HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1772
דַּיָּה
day.yah — hawk
a bird of prey (perhaps the kite)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Hawk
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H344
אַיָּה
ay.yah — falcon
hawk, falcon, kite
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7201
רָאָה
ra.ah — glede
1) bird of prey 1a) perhaps kite or hawk
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7712
ἱέραξ
hierax — a hawk
a hawk, falcon , (Iliad by Homer) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7795
κάπηλος
kapēlos — a peddler
1. a retail-dealer, huckster, hawker, peddlar, higgler , Lat. institor, (Herdotus Historicus), attic; opposite to the merchant ἔμπορος); (Xenophon Historicus), etc.; applied to Darius because of his finance-regulations, (Herdotus Historicus):—; κ. ἀσπίδων, ὅπλων a dealer in . . , (Aristophanes Comicus) 2. a tavern-keeper, publican , Lat. caupo, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 3. metaphorically, κ. πονηρίας a dealer in petty roguery, (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding countries. The Hebrew word includes various species of Falconidae, with special reference perhaps to the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), the hobby (Hypotriorchis subbuteo), and the lesser kestrel (Tin, Cenchris). The kestrel remains all the year in Palestine, but some ten or twelve other species are all migrants from the south. Of those summer visitors to Palestine special mention may be made of the Falco sacer and the Falco lanarius. (See NIGHT-HAWK.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.