Strong H6538פֶּ֫רֶס

vulture

Transliteration
peres
Pronunciation
peh'-res
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H6536; a claw; also a kind of eagle: - {claw} ossifrage.

Detailed definition

1) bird of prey
1a) perhaps bearded vulture or ossifrage
1b) perhaps an extinct animal, exact meaning unknown

In the Bible

Strong H6538 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • ossifrage2

First verses

  1. Leviticus 11:13
    And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
  2. Deuteronomy 14:12
    But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
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