Owl
oul (bath ha-ya`anah; Latin Ulula): The name of every
nocturnal bird of prey of the Natural Order Striges. These
birds range from the great horned owl of 2 feet in length,
through many subdivisions to the little screech-owl of 5
inches. All are characterized by very large heads, many have
ear tufts, all have large eyes surrounded by a disk of ...
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-(A carnivorous bird)
-Unclean
Le 11:16,17; De 14:16
-In R. V. ostrich is substituted
Le 11:16; De 14:15; Job 30:29; Isa 13:21; 34:11,13;
43:20;
Jer 50:39; Mic 1:8...
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A number of species of the owl are mentioned in the Bible, Le
11:17; De 14:16 Isa 14:23; 34:15; Zep 2:14 and in several
other places the same Hebrew word is used where it is
translated ostrich. Job 30:29; Jer 50:39 Some of these species
were common in Israel, and, as is well known, were often found
inhabiting ruins. Isa 34:11,13-15...
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(1.) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of
"shouting." In the list of unclean birds (Lev.
11:16; Deut.
14:15); also mentioned in Job 30:29; Isa. 13:21;
34:13; 43:20;
Jer. 50:39; Micah 1:8. In all these passages the
Revised Version
translates "ostrich" (q.v.), which is the correct
rendering.
(2.) Heb. yanshuph, rendered "great...
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Ostrich, the true rendering of bath hayanah. (See OSTRICH.)
Yanshowph; Leviticus 11:17, "the great owl." From a root,
"twilight" (Bochart), or to puff the breath (Knobel).
Deuteronomy 14:16; Isaiah 34:11. The horned owl, Bubo
maximus, not as Septuagint the ibis, the sacred bird of
Egypt. Maurer thinks the heron or crane, from nashaf "to
blow,...
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Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts
of the islands shall dwell [there], and the owls shall dwell
therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither
shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation....
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The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the
owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, [and] rivers in
the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen....
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But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their
houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall
dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there....
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Owl. - A generic name under which many species of nocturnal birds are designated, some having a proper name in the Hebrew, some others possessing none. Among the former we may mention the little owl (athene persica), the Egyptian eagle-owl (bubo ascalephus), the great owl of some authors, called ibis in the D.V., the screech or hooting owl, probabl...
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