נְשַׁרnᵉshar
griffon-vulture or eagle (Daniel 7:4; Daniel 4:30)
Pronunciation: nesh-ar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5403
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Daniel 4:33 “That same hour the judgment was fulfilled, and Nebuchadnezzar was driven from human society. He ate grass like a cow, and he was drenched with the dew of heaven. He lived this way until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers and his nails were like birds’ claws.
- Daniel 7:4 The first beast was like a lion with eagles’ wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off, and it was left standing with its two hind feet on the ground, like a human being. And it was given a human mind.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).