Falcon

Falcon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

fo'-k'-n, fol'-k'-n, fal'-kun: The Hebrews did not know the word. Their bird corresponding to our falcon, in all probability, was one of the smaller kestrels covered by the word nets, which seemed to cover all lesser birds of prey that we include in the hawk family. That some of our many divisions of species were known to them is indicated by ...

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Falcon in Naves Topical Bible

-A carnivorous bird (R. V.) Le 11:14; De 14:13...

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Hawk in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Le 11:16; De 14:15; Job 39:26 The hawk includes various species of the Falconidae. With respect to the passage in Job (l.c.) which appears to allude to the migratory habits of hawks, it is curious to observe that of the ten or twelve lesser raptors (hawk tribe) of Israel, nearly all are summer migrants. The kestrel remains all the year, but th...

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Hawk in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. netz, a word expressive of strong and rapid flight, and hence appropriate to the hawk). It is an unclean bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). It is common in Syria and surrounding countries. The Hebrew word includes various species of Falconidae, with special reference perhaps to the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), the hobby (Hypotriorchis su...

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Hawk in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

neets; implying "strong and rapid flight". Migratory in S. Europe and parts of Asia; so Job 39:26, "doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the S.?" Of the dozen lesser raptores, birds, in Israel nearly all are summer migrants; the Falco saker and Falco lanarius, besides the smaller Falco melanopterus, Hypotriorchis subbu...

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Hawk Scripture - Job 39:26

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, [and] stretch her wings toward the south?...

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Hawk Scripture - Leviticus 11:16

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,...

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Hawk Scripture - Deuteronomy 14:15

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,...

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Hawk in Wikipedia

Hawk (Hebr., neç) is, in the Scriptures, a general denomination including, with the falcon, all the smaller birds of prey, the kestrel, merlin, sparrowhawk , hobby, and others, most common in Israel....

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Sparrow Hawk in Wikipedia

Sparrow Hawk (falco nisus), one of the hawks of Israel, so common that it might be regarded, in reference to the Bible, as the hawk par excellence....

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