Eagle Vulture Raptor

† נֶשֶׁר n.m. Dt 32:11 griffon-vulture, eagle (NH id.; Assyrian našru; 𝔗 נִשְׁרָא; Syriac ܢܶܫܪܳܐ; Arabic نَسْرٌ vulture (Lane 2780), vulg. نِسْرٌ; Ethiopic ንስር Di 641; Sab. נסר n.pr. dei, and ביתן נסר DHMZMG xxix (1875), 600; xxxvii (1883), 356);—abs. נ׳ Ho 8:1 +; נָ֑שֶׁר Dt 28:49 +; pl. נְשָׁרִים 2 S 1:23 +, cstr. נִשְׁרֵי La 4:19;—sometimes (perhaps not always) the griffon-vulture (TristrNHB 172 ff. Dr Dt 14:12 NowArch. i. 84 Lane 2780), Mi 1:16 (bald, in sim.), flying swiftly to prey Hb 1:8 Jb 9:26, cf. Pr 30:17 (בְּנֵי־נ׳), unclean Lv 11:13 Dt 14:12; soaring Jb 39:27, also in sim. Pr 23:5 Is 40:31 Ob 4, building nest high Je 49:16 (cf. also Jb 39:27); as swift also 2 S 1:23, especially of Bab. and Assyrian invader Je 4:13 La 4:19, cf. Ho 8:1 Dt 28:49 Je 48:40; 49:22 (all in comparisons), הַנֶּשֶׁר הַגָּדוֹל Ez 17:3 (fig. of Nebuch.), v 7 (fig. of king of Egypt); leaving no trace of flight Pr 30:19; as renewing youth (by moulting) ψ 103:5; as training and supporting its young Ex 19:4 (E), Dt 32:11 (song); פְּנֵי נ׳ of cherubim in vision Ez 1:10; 10:4.—Only Mi 1:16 seems to compel ref. to vulture (on eating fresh carrion by eagles v. reff. in Di Lv 11:13), and נ׳ may be a more comprehensive word, incl. both vulture and eagle.

ἀετός, Epic dialect, Lyric poetry, Ionic dialect, and early Attic dialect αἰετός (see. near the end), οῦ, ὁ, eagle, as a bird of omen, αἰ. τελειότατον πετεηνῶνRefs 8th c.BC+: favourite of Zeus, ὅστε σοὶ αὐτῷ φίλτατος οἰωνῶνRefs 8th c.BC+; αἰετὸς ἐν νεφέλαισι, of a thing quite out of reach, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀετὸν κάνθαρος μαιεύσομαι (see. μαιεύομαι):—the different kinds are distinguished by specific names, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 eagle as a standard, of the Persians, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the Romans, Refs 1st c.AD+ __3 the constellation Refs 4th c.BC+ __II omen, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __III eagle-ray, Myliobatis aquila, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV in Architecture, gable, pediment (from its resemblance to outspread wings, Refs 5th c.BC+come under the same roof, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __V name of bandage, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VI temporal vein (Magna Graecia), Philistionap.Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VII iron part of spoke of wheel, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __VIII Astrology texts and Magic, fabulous plant growing in Libya, Refs 2nd c.AD+ in early Attic dialect Inscrr., Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰβετός (i.e. αἰϝετός) Refs 5th c.AD+

† I. אַיָּה n.f. hawk, falcon, kite (perhaps from cry; cf. Arabic يُؤْيُؤ, a kind of hawk) Lv 11:14; Dt 14:13 generic, cf.לְמִינָהּ & Di; Jb 28:7 (keen-sighted).

† II. נֵץ n.m. a bird of prey, generic name, incl. hawk and falcon (TristrNHB; accipiter BoHieroz. ii. 266 ff.; ed. Rosenm iii. 5 ff. cf. NowArch. i. 116);—unclean bird, Lv 11:16 (P), Dt 14:15 (varieties, לְמִינֵהוּ); bird of passage Jb 39:26.

† נְשַׁר n.m. griffon-vulture or eagle (v. BH);—abs. נ׳ Dn 7:4; pl. abs. נִשְׁרִין 4:30.