H5403 H5403
eagle (Aramaic)—a large bird of prey, possibly griffon-vulture, symbolizing strength and majesty
This Aramaic noun refers to an eagle or griffon-vulture, a large bird of prey. In Daniel 4:33, Nebuchadnezzar's hair grew long 'like eagles' (feathers) during his period of madness. In Daniel 7:4, the first beast in the vision has 'eagle' wings, representing swift, powerful movement. Eagles in biblical imagery symbolize strength, swiftness, and divine majesty. The term is the Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew word for eagle, appearing only in the Aramaic sections of Daniel where beasts and kings are depicted with symbolic animal features.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The Aramaic term for eagle or large bird of prey, appearing in symbolic and descriptive contexts in Daniel. Daniel 4:33 describes Nebuchadnezzar's transformed appearance with hair 'like eagles' (feathers), while Daniel 7:4 depicts the first apocalyptic beast with 'eagle' wings. The multilingual glosses consistently identify this as 'eagle' (English, Spanish 'águila,' French 'aigle'), recognizing the bird's symbolic associations with power, swiftness, and majesty in both royal transformation (chapter 4) and prophetic vision (chapter 7). 2×
AR["كَالنُّسُورِ", "نَسْرٍ"]·ben["ঈগলদের-মতো", "ঈগলের"]·DE["[כנשרין]", "[נשר]"]·EN["eagle", "like-eagles'"]·FR["aigle"]·heb["כ-נשרים", "נשר"]·HI["उकाब-के", "उकाबों-की-तरह"]·ID["-rajawali", "seperti-rajawali"]·IT["[כנשרין]", "aquila"]·jav["garudha", "kados-garudha"]·KO["독수리들-처럼", "독수리의"]·PT["como-águias", "águia"]·RU["как-орлиные", "орла"]·ES["como-águilas", "águila"]·SW["kama-za-tai", "tai"]·TR["kartallar-gibi", "kartalın"]·urd["عقاب-کے", "عقابوں-کی-طرح"]
Related Senses
H6629 1. flock, sheep/goats (small livestock) (274×)H1241 1. cattle, herd (bovine livestock) (183×)H0352a 1. ram (male sheep) (156×)H6499 1. young bull, bullock (130×)H3532 1. lamb, young male sheep (105×)H2543 1. donkey (male ass) (96×)H7794 1. ox, bull (79×)H7462b 1. shepherd (agent noun) (76×)H5795 1. she-goat(s), female goat(s) (68×)H7462b 2. to shepherd, tend, pasture (60×)H1581 1. camel (domestic animal) (54×)H0738b 1. lion (46×)G4263 1. sheep (39×)H5739 1. flock or herd of livestock (38×)H5695 1. calf, young bull (35×)H0738a 1. lion (large predatory feline) (34×)H0860 1. female donkey (34×)H3611 1. dog (animal) (32×)H3715a 1. young lion, lion cub (31×)G0721 1. Lamb (29×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נְשַׁר n.m. griffon-vulture or eagle (v. BH);—abs. נ׳ Dn 7:4; pl. abs. נִשְׁרִין 4:30.