HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5822
עׇזְנִיָּה
oz.niy.yah — vulture
1) an unclean bird of prey 1a) osprey, black eagle, buzzard 1b) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Vulture
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6538
פֶּ֫רֶס
pe.res — vulture
1) bird of prey 1a) perhaps bearded vulture or ossifrage 1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5404
נֶשֶׁר
ne.sher — eagle
eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture Aramaic equivalent: ne.shar (נְשַׁר "eagle" H5403)
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G105
ἀετός
aetos — eagle
ἀετός, -οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX for נֶשֶׁר ;] an eagle: Rev.4:7 8:13 (Rec. ἀγγέλου) 12:14. Where carrion is referred to, ἀ. is probably a vulture (cf. Job.39:30, Pro.30:17): Mat.24:28, Luk.17:37 (MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5403
נְשַׁר
ne.shar — eagle
eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture Aramaic of ne.sher (נֶשֶׁר "eagle" H5404)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7360
רָחָם
ra.cham — carrion
1) carrion vulture 1a) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6778
γύψ
gups — a vulture
a vulture , (Iliad by Homer); compare αἰγυπιός. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8472
οἰωνός
oiōnos — an omen
1. a large bird, bird of prey , such as a vulture or eagle , and so distinguished from a common bird ὄρνις); (Homer), etc. 2. a bird of omen or augury , (Homer), etc.:—;the flight to (not from) the right, i. e. towards the East, was fortunate, and vice versa. 3. an omen, presage , drawn from these birds, Lat. auspicium or augurium , according as taken from seeing their flight or hearing their cry , (Iliad by Homer), etc.; δέκομαι τὸν οἰωνόν I accept the omen , hail it as favourable, (Herdotus Historicus) commonly derivation from οἶος, —; most birds of prey being solitary, —; compare κοινωνός from κοινός (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(1.) Heb. da’ah (Lev. 11:14). In the parallel passage (Deut. 14:13) the Hebrew word used is ra’ah, rendered “glede;” LXX., “gups;” Vulg., “milvus.” A species of ravenous bird, distinguished for its rapid flight. “When used without the epithet ‘red,’ the name is commonly confined to the black kite. The habits of the bird bear out the allusion in Isa. 34:15, for it is, excepting during the winter three months, so numerous everywhere in Palestine as to be almost gregarious.” (See EAGLE.) (2.) In Job 28:7 the Heb. ‘ayyah is thus rendered. The word denotes a clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. In Lev. 11:14 and Deut. 14:13 it is rendered “kite” (q.v.).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.