נֶשֶׁר nesher
Hebrew word for “eagle” · Strong’s H5404 · used 26 times in 26 verses
Meaning
eagle, vulture, griffon-vulture; Aramaic equivalent: ne.shar (נְשַׁר "eagle" H5403)
How it is translated
Glosses given for nesher in context, with how often each is used:
- eagle 10
- like eagle 7
- like an eagle 4
- more than eagles 2
- eagles 1
- like eagles 1
- more than the eagles 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Ezekiel | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Deuteronomy | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Exodus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 |
Also in 3 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 30 (2), Jeremiah 49 (2), Ezekiel 17 (2), Exodus 19 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), Deuteronomy 14 (1), Deuteronomy 28 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), 2 Samuel 1 (1), Job 9 (1)
Forms
- כנשׁר 11
- הנשׁר 5
- נשׁר 5
- מנשׁרים 2
- נשׁרים 1
- כנשׁרים 1
- מנשׁרי 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with nesher more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- כָּנָף kanaph “wing” 7
- קֵן qen “nest” 4
- דָּאָה daah “to fly” 3
- גָּבַהּ gavah “to exult” 3
- עׇזְנִיָּה ozniyyah “vulture” 2
- פֶּרֶס peres “vulture” 2
- אֵבֶר ever “wing” 2
- פָּרַשׂ paras “to spread” 3
- נוֹצָה notsah “plumage” 2
- אַרְיֵה aryeh “lion” 3
- קָלַל qalal “to lighten” 3
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 4
Key verses
The verses using nesher that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 19:4 — Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
- Deuteronomy 28:49 — 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;
- Proverbs 23:5 — 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 — 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.
- Isaiah 40:31 — 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,…
- Jeremiah 4:13 — 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 49:16 — 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…
- Jeremiah 49:22 — 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…
- Lamentations 4:19 — 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 1:10 — As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left…
- Ezekiel 17:3 — 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…
- Hosea 8:1 — 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…
See all 26 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.