King James Version
Leviticus 11:18 in the King James Version says “And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 11 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,”
Leviticus 11:18 · KJV
And the owl , and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And the swan”
H8580properly, a hard breather, i.e., the name of two unclean creatures, a lizard and a bird (both perhaps from changing color through their irascibility),
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and the gier eagle”
H7360a kind of vulture (supposed to be tender towards its young)
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