נֶשֶׁרnesher

griffon-vulture, eagle, sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (Deuteronomy 32:11; Hosea 8:1; Deuteronomy 28:49; 2 Samuel 1:23; Lamentations 4:19)

Pronunciation: neh'-sher · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5404

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 19:4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You know how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
  • Leviticus 11:13 “These are the birds that are detestable to you. You must never eat them: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  • Deuteronomy 14:12 These are the birds you may not eat: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  • Deuteronomy 28:49 “The Lord will bring a distant nation against you from the end of the earth, and it will swoop down on you like a vulture. It is a nation whose language you do not understand,
  • Deuteronomy 32:11 Like an eagle that rouses her chicks and hovers over her young, so he spread his wings to take them up and carried them safely on his pinions.
  • 2 Samuel 1:23 How beloved and gracious were Saul and Jonathan! They were together in life and in death. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.
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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).