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Vulture

Disambiguation

The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Vulture. Jump to one below, or read in order.

  1. 1.Heb.
  2. 2.In Job 28:7 the Heb.

  1. Vulture (1)

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    Heb. da’ah (Lev. 11:14). In the parallel passage (Deut. 14:13) the Hebrew word used is ra’ah, rendered “glede;” LXX., “gups;” Vulg., “milvus.” A species of ravenous bird, distinguished for its rapid flight. “When used without the epithet ‘red,’ the name is commonly confined to the black kite. The habits of the bird bear out the allusion in Isa. 34:15, for it is, excepting during the winter three months, so numerous everywhere in Palestine as to be almost gregarious.” (See EAGLE.)

  2. Vulture (2)

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    In Job 28:7 the Heb. ‘ayyah is thus rendered. The word denotes a clamorous and a keen-sighted bird of prey. In Lev. 11:14 and Deut. 14:13 it is rendered “kite” (q.v.).

Also from Smith's (1884) +

The rendering in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew daah, dayyah, and also in (Job 28:7) of ayyah . There seems no doubt that the Authorized Versions translation is incorrect, and that the original words refer to some of the smaller species of raptorial birds, as kites or buzzards. [Kite] But the Hebrew word nesher, invariably rendered “eagle” in the Authorized Version, is probably the vulture. [Eagle]

In the Bible

5

Verses where Vulture is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • Deuteronomy 14:12

    but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

  • Deuteronomy 14:13

    the red kite, the falcon, any kind of kite,

  • Habakkuk 1:8

    Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

  • Leviticus 11:13

    Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

  • Leviticus 11:14

    the kite, any kind of falcon,

Scripture on Vulture

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Vulture references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)

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