HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3284
יַעֲנָה
ya.a.nah — ostrich
1) an unclean bird 1a) owl, ostrich, literally translated as "daughters of the owl" 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Ostrich
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8464
תַּחְמָס
tach.mas — ostrich
1) a ceremonially unclean bird 1a) a name of the male ostrich 1b) (CLBL) probably the great owl 1c) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3283
יָעֵן
ya.en — ostrich
1) ostrich 1a) ceremonially unclean animal
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7443
רְנָנִים
re.nen — ostrich
1) something with a piercing cry 1a) bird of piercing cries 1a1) ostrich
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H84
אֶבְרָה
ev.rah — pinion
1) pinion, wing 1a) of bird (ostrich, eagle, dove) 1b) of God (metaph)
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5965
עָלַס
a.las — to rejoice
1) to rejoice 1a) (Qal) to rejoice 1b) (Niphal) to exult 1b1) to flap joyously (of ostrich) 1c) (Hithpael) to delight oneself
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8382
νεέλασσα
neelassa — ostriches
ostriches
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9207
στρουθός
strouthos — an ostrich
1. the sparrow , (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. ὁ μέγας στρ. the large bird , i. e. the ostrich, Struthio , (Xenophon Historicus): also called στρουθὸς κατάγαιος (i. e. the bird that runs on the ground , does not fly), (Herdotus Historicus); also simply στρουθός, like στρουθοκάμηλος, (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)
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(Lam. 4:3), the rendering of Hebrew pl. enim; so called from its greediness and gluttony. The allusion here is to the habit of the ostrich with reference to its eggs, which is thus described: “The outer layer of eggs is generally so ill covered that they are destroyed in quantities by jackals, wild-cats, etc., and that the natives carry them away, only taking care not to leave the marks of their footsteps, since, when the ostrich comes and finds that her nest is discovered, she crushes the whole brood, and builds a nest elsewhere.” In Job 39:13 this word in the Authorized Version is the rendering of a Hebrew word (notsah) which means “feathers,” as in the Revised Version. In the same verse the word “peacocks” of the Authorized Version is the rendering of the Hebrew pl. renanim, properly meaning “ostriches,” as in the Revised Version. (See OWL [1].)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.