BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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GREEK · G8120
kuknos — swan
a swan , (Iliad by Homer), etc.:—;metaphorically, from the legends of the swan's dying song ( (Aeschulus Tragicus)), a minstrel , [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Mentioned in the list of unclean birds (Lev. 11:18; Deut. 14:16), is sometimes met with in the Jordan and the Sea of Galilee.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
