Leviticus 11:16

Leviticus 11:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
• New International Version (NIV)the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,
• English Standard Version (ESV)the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,
• New King James Version (NKJV)the ostrich, the short-eared owl, the sea gull, and the hawk after its kind;

Context of Leviticus 11:16

14the red kite, the falcon in its kind, 15every raven in its kind, the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in its kind, 17the little owl, the cormorant, and the great owl, 18the white owl, the pelican, and the carrion vulture,

Leviticus 11:16 word by word

וְאֵת֙ בַּ֣ת הַֽיַּעֲנָ֔ה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָ֖ס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁ֑חַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּ֖ץ לְמִינֵֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

• the ostrichיַעֲנָהya‛ănâh · ostrichH3284
• the owlתַּחְמָסtachmâs · ostrichH8464
• the seagullשַׁ֫חַףshachaph · gullH7828
• and the hawkנֵץnêts · hawkH5322
• in its kindמִיןmîyn · kindH4327

Cross-references for Leviticus 11:16

• Deuteronomy 14:15and the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, and the hawk in their kinds,
• Psalms 102:6I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the ruins.
• Isaiah 13:21But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there.
• Isaiah 34:11But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness.
• John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.
• Ephesians 2:2in which you previously walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
• Ephesians 4:18being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
• Ephesians 5:7Therefore do not become partners with them;
• Philippians 3:18For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even as I weep, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ,
• 1 Thessalonians 5:5for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness;
• Revelation 18:2And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird.

Commentaries on Leviticus 11:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16The owl - היענה בת bath haiyaanah, the daughter of vociferation, the female ostrich, probably so called from the noise they make. "In the lonesome part of the night," says Dr. Shaw, "the ostriches frequently make a very doleful and hideous noise, sometimes resembling the roar of the lion; at other times, the hoarser voice of the bull or ox." He adds, "I have heard them groan as if in the deepest agonies." - Travels, 4th edition, p. 455. The ostrich is a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13-19Verses 13-19 As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the Israelites might have been tempted to eat, either from their being easy to obtain, or from the example of other nations, and which served as types of the entire range of prohibited kinds. Leviticus 11:13 The eagle - Rather, the great vulture, which the Egyptians are known to have ranked as the first among birds. Compare 2…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-19The list of ceremonially unclean birds includes birds of prey and scavengers. These birds often touch dead animals and blood, making them unclean and unfit for eating and offerings. Bats fly but are not birds (Leviticus 11:19). So, they are "abnormal" and ceremonially unclean.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1913-19. these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls--All birds of prey are particularly ranked in the class unclean; all those which feed on flesh and carrion. No less than twenty species of birds, all probably then known, are mentioned under this category, and the inference follows that all which are not mentioned were allowed; that is, fowls which subsist on vegetable substances. From our imperfect knowledge of the natural history…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 11:16

• Birds
• Cuckoo
• Food
• Hawk
• Night Hawk
• Ostriches
• Owl
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Leviticus 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings