Leviticus 11:16
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
כּוֹס
kôwç
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its e...
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
נֵץ
nêts
a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from it flashing speed)
English grammatical function word ('cuckow'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent ...
נֵץ
nêts
a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from it flashing speed)
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
אֲנָקָה
ʼănâqâh
some kind of lizard, probably the gecko (from its wail)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('cuckow'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are req...
Study GRAM →נֵץ nêts
a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from it flashing speed)
Study H5322 →נֵץ nêts
a flower (from its brilliancy); also a hawk (from it flashing speed)
Study H5322 →כּוֹס kôwç
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
Study H3563 →לַיִל layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
Study H3915 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
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 ha...
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