Strong's Hebrew · H5404

נֶשֶׁר

nesher · neh'-sher

Definitionthe eagle (or other large bird of prey)
Derivationfrom an unused root meaning to lacerate;
KJV usageeagle.
Occurrences26 in the KJV · 26 verses

נֶשֶׁר in Scripture

Exodus 19:4 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself. Leviticus 11:13 And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, Deuteronomy 14:12 But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, Deuteronomy 28:49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; Deuteronomy 32:11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: 2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. Job 9:26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. Job 39:27 Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? Psalms 103:5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle' s. Proverbs 23:5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. Proverbs 30:17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. Proverbs 30:19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
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