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Leviticus 11:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind;
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind,
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— and the female ostrich and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull, and the hawk, after its kind;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— and the female ostrich, and the male ostrich, and the sea-gull,—and the hawk, after its kind;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— The ostrich, and the owl, and the larus, and the hawk according to its kind.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The ostrich also, and the night crowe, and the seameaw, and the hauke after his kinde:
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And the Owle, and the nighthauke, & the Cuckow, and the Hawke after his kinde,
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And the little owl and the pelican, the great owl, the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and every raven, and the birds like it, and the hawk and his like,
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And the owl, 1323
{1323} Prime
בַּת
bath
{bath}
From H1129 (as feminine of H1121); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively).
3284
{3284} Prime
יַעֲנָה
ya`anah
{yah-an-aw'}
Feminine of H3283, and meaning the same.
and the night hawk, 8464
{8464} Prime
תַּחְמָס
tachmac
{takh-mawce'}
From H2554; a species of unclean bird (from its violence), perhaps an owl.
and the cuckow, 7828
{7828} Prime
שַׁחַף
shachaph
{shakh'-af}
From an unused root meaning to peel, that is, emaciate; the gull (as thin).
and the hawk 5322
{5322} Prime
נֵץ
nets
{nayts}
From H5340; a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from its flashing speed).
after his kind, 4327
{4327} Prime
מִין
miyn
{meen}
From an unused root meaning to portion out; a sort, that is, species.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Leviticus 11:13-19.


Leviticus 11:16

_ _ the owl — It is generally supposed the ostrich is denoted by the original word.

_ _ the nighthawk — a very small bird, with which, from its nocturnal habits, many superstitious ideas were associated.

_ _ the cuckoo — Evidently some other bird is meant by the original term, from its being ranged among rapacious birds. Dr. Shaw thinks it is the safsaf; but that, being a graminivorous and gregarious bird, is equally objectionable. Others think that the sea mew, or some of the small sea fowl, is intended.

_ _ the hawk — The Hebrew word includes every variety of the falcon family — as the goshawk, the jerhawk, the sparrow hawk, etc. Several species of hawks are found in Western Asia and Egypt, where they find inexhaustible prey in the immense numbers of pigeons and turtledoves that abound in those quarters. The hawk was held pre-eminently sacred among the Egyptians; and this, besides its rapacious disposition and gross habits, might have been a strong reason for its prohibition as an article of food to the Israelites.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Leviticus 11:9-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Deuteronomy 14:15-18 And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, ... And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
Psalms 102:6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Isaiah 13:21-22 But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. ... And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in [their] pleasant palaces: and her time [is] near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Isaiah 34:11-15 But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. ... There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
John 3:19-21 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ... But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Ephesians 2:2-3 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: ... Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 4:18-19 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: ... Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Ephesians 5:7-11 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. ... And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove [them].
Philippians 3:18-19 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of Christ: ... Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
1 Thessalonians 5:5-7 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. ... For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
Revelation 18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
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Dt 14:15. Ps 102:6. Is 13:21; 34:11. Jn 3:19. Ep 2:2; 4:18; 5:7. Php 3:18. 1Th 5:5. Rv 18:2.

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