נֶשֶׁר
nesher · neh'-sher
the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to lacerate;
the eagle (or other large bird of prey)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: eagle.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to consume, to destroy › the head, the highest
The seed, life continuing that works to consume, to destroy of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נֶשֶׁר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 24 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- as the eagle5 · 19%
- as an eagle3 · 12%
- of an eagle3 · 12%
- the eagle2 · 8%
- than eagles2 · 8%
- eagle2 · 8%
- you on eagles1 · 4%
- as swift as the eagle1 · 4%
- doth the eagle1 · 4%
- like the eagle's1 · 4%
- eagles1 · 4%
- as eagles1 · 4%
- than the eagles1 · 4%
- he shall come as an eagle1 · 4%
- thyself as the eagle1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.