Strong H5693עָגוּר
crane
- Transliteration
- ‛âgûr
- Pronunciation
- aw-goor'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Passive participle (but with active sense) of an unused root meaning to twitter; probably the swallow: - swallow.
Detailed definition
1) name of a bird
1a) perhaps a thrush, swallow, crane
1a) perhaps a thrush, swallow, crane
In the Bible
Strong H5693 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- swallow2
First verses
- Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
- Jeremiah 8:7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.