Eagle
e'-g'-l (nesher; aetos; Latin aquila): A bird of the genus
aquila of the family falconidae. The Hebrew nesher, meaning
"to tear with the beak," is almost invariably translated
"eagle," throughout the Bible; yet many of the most
important references compel the admission that the bird to
which they applied was a vulture. There were many large
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-Forbidden as food
Le 11:13; De 14:12
-The swift flight of
De 28:49; Job 9:26; Pr 30:19; Jer 4:13; 49:22; La
4:19
-The nest of
De 32:11; Job 39:27-30; Jer 49:16
-Carries her young upon her wings
Ex 19:4; De 32:11
-The long life of
Ps 103:5
-The molting of
Mic 1:16
-Gier-eagle
Le 11:18
-FIGURATIVE
Ex 19:4; De 32:11; Jer 48:40; Ho 8:1...
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(Heb. nesher, i.e. a tearer with the beak). At least four
distinct kinds of eagles have been observed in Israel, viz.,
the golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, the spotted eagle, Aquila
naevia, the imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca, and the very
common Circaetos gallicus. The Hebrew nesher may stand for any
of these different species, though perhaps ...
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(Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great
vulture, so
called from its tearing its prey with its beak),
referred to for
its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23),
its mounting
high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps.
103:5), its
setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and
its power of
vision (Job 39:27-30).
...
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Nesher. Leviticus 11:13. The golden eagle (W. Drake). The
griffon vulture; the Arab nisr is plainly the Hebrew nesher.
In Micah 1:16, "make thee bald (shaving the head betokening
mourning) ... enlarge thy baldness as the nesher," the griffon
vulture must be meant; for it is "bald," which the eagle is
not. "A majestic and royal bird, the larges...
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As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of
a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they
four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also
had the face of an eagle....
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And every one had four faces: the first face [was] the face of
a cherub, and the second face [was] the face of a man, and the
third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle....
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Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine
heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that
holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy
nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence,
saith the LORD....
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Eagle. - So is generally rendered the Hebrew, néshér, but there is a doubt as to whether the eagle or some kind of vulture is intended. It seems even probable that the Hebrews did not distinguish very carefully these different large birds of prey, and that all are spoken of as though they were of one kind. Anyway, four species of eagles are known t...
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