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נֶשֶׁר H5404
H5404 is the Hebrew word נֶשֶׁר, transliterated nesher and said neh'-sher. The King James Version most often renders it eagle.
What it means
the eagle (or other large bird of prey).
Where it comes from
from an unused root meaning to lacerate.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 23 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: eagle.
Verses using נֶשֶׁר
All 23 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 19:4 · KJV
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
Leviticus 11:13 · KJV
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Deuteronomy 14:12 · KJV
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
Deuteronomy 28:49 · KJV
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
Deuteronomy 32:11 · KJV
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
2 Samuel 1:23 · KJV
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Job 9:26 · KJV
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
Job 39:27 · KJV
Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?
Proverbs 23:5 · KJV
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
Proverbs 30:17 · KJV
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Proverbs 30:19 · KJV
The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Isaiah 40:31 · KJV
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Jeremiah 4:13 · KJV
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
Jeremiah 48:40 · KJV
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
Jeremiah 49:16 · KJV
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.
Jeremiah 49:22 · KJV
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Lamentations 4:19 · KJV
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Ezekiel 17:3 · KJV
And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
Ezekiel 17:7 · KJV
There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.
Hosea 8:1 · KJV
Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
Obadiah 1:4 · KJV
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Micah 1:16 · KJV
Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Habakkuk 1:8 · KJV
Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
Common questions
What does Strong's H5404 mean?
H5404 is the Hebrew word נֶשֶׁר (nesher), meaning the eagle (or other large bird of prey).
How is H5404 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it eagle (14 times), than eagles (2 times), eagles (2 times), you on eagles' (1 time), swift as the eagle (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5404 appear in the Bible?
נֶשֶׁר (nesher) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5404 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to lacerate.
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