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Heron

אנפה, Lev. xi, 19; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary
  • Historical Reference: concordance
  • Historical Reference: STEPBible TBESG (based primarily on Abbott-Smith)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G20150, H0601
Hebrew
אֲנָפָה · ʼănâphâh
Greek
ἀρῳδιός · arōdios

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀρῳδιός

G20150
Transliteration
arōdios
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

heron

Lexicon definition

heron

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

אֲנָפָה

H0601
Transliteration
ʼănâphâh
Pronunciation
an-aw-faw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

heron.

Lexicon definition

an unclean bird, perhaps the parrot (from its irascibility)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Heron

(Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18), ranked among the unclean birds. The Hebrew name is 'anaphah, and indicates that the bird so named is remarkable for its angry disposition. "The herons are wading-birds, peculiarly irritable, remarkable for their voracity, frequenting marshes and oozy rivers, and spread over the regions of the East." The Ardea russeta, or little golden egret, is the commonest species in Asia.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

A Biblical and Theological Dictionary

HERON

אנפה, Lev. xi, 19; Deut. xiv, 18. This word has been variously understood. Some have rendered it the kite, others the woodcock, others the curlieu, some the peacock, others the parrot, and others the crane. The root, אנפ, signifies _to breathe short_ through the nostrils, _to snuff_, as in anger; hence to be angry; and it is supposed that the word is sufficiently descriptive of the heron, from its very irritable disposition. Bochart, however, thinks it the mountain falcon; the same that the Greeks call ἀνόπαια, mentioned by Homer; and this bears a strong resemblance to the Hebrew name.

Source: A Biblical and Theological Dictionary · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Heron

Indexed occurrences: 2

Source: Strong's Concordance · View data sources

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Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Topical Bible

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