Bible Encyclopedia: Gier

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Strong's Hebrew

7360. racham -- carrion vulture
... gier- eagle. Or (feminine) rachamah {raw-khaw-maw'}; from racham; a kind of vulture
(supposed to be tender towards its young) -- gier- eagle. see HEBREW racham. ...
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Library

Song to David
... His chest against the foes: Strong the gier-eagle [182] on his sail; ... [180] glede,
hawk. [181] Xiphias, sword-fish. [182] gier-eagle, probably, circling. ...
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Adoration
... Strong is the lion"like a coal His eyeball"like a bastion's mole His chest against
the foes: Strong the gier-eagle on his sail; Strong against tide the ...
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Gier eagle

Hebrews raham = "parental affection," Leviticus 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:17; R.V., "vulture"), a species of vulture living entirely on carrion. "It is about the size of a raven; has an almost triangular, bald, and wrinkled head, a strong pointed beak, black at the tip, large eyes and ears, the latter entirely on the outside, and long feet." It is common in Egypt, where it is popularly called "Pharaoh's chicken" (the Neophron percnopterus), and is found in Palestine only during summer. Tristram thinks that the Hebrew name, which is derived from a root meaning "to love," is given to it from the fact that the male and female bird never part company.

Thesaurus

Gier (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Gier eagle. ...Gier (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:18 And
the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Gier-eagle (4 Occurrences)
Gier-eagle. Giereagle, Gier-eagle. Gift . Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A
bird referred to in the Bible (Lev. xi. ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. GIER-EAGLE ...
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Giereagle
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GIER-EAGLE. jer'-eg'-l (racham; kuknos,
in Leviticus, porphurion, in Deuteronomy): The name applied ...
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Bearded (2 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:13 And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall
not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and ...
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Swan (2 Occurrences)
... Saxon: swan and swon): Mentioned only in old versions and the Revised Version margin
in Leviticus 11:18: "the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle," and ...
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Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and
the gier eagle, (KJV WBS YLT). Deuteronomy 14:12 But these ...
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Abomination (78 Occurrences)
... 11:13-19: "And these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not
be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the ...
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Zoology
... Porcupine, Hare Birds: PASSERES: Sparrow, Swallow, Raven, Hoopoe, Night Hawk RAPTORES:
Great Owl, Little Owl, Horned Owl, Eagle, Vulture, Gier-Eagle, Osprey ...
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Unclean (393 Occurrences)
... The American Standard Revised Version gives them as follows: eagle, gier eagle,
osprey, kite, falcon, glede, every raven, ostrich, night-hawk, sea-mew, hawk ...
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Bible Concordance

Gier (2 Occurrences)

Leviticus 11:18 And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
(KJV WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 14:17 And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
(KJV WBS YLT)

Subtopics

Gier

Related Terms

Gier-eagle (4 Occurrences)

Giereagle

Bearded (2 Occurrences)

Swan (2 Occurrences)

Eagle (27 Occurrences)