Lexicon :: Strong's H5693 - ʿāḡûr

עָגוּר
Transliteration
ʿāḡûr
Pronunciation
aw-goor'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass part [but with active sense] of an unused root meaning to twitter
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1563a

Strong’s Definitions

עָגוּר ʻâgûwr, aw-goor'; passive part (but with active sense) of an unused root meaning to twitter; probably the swallow:—swallow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H5693 in the following manner: swallow (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H5693 in the following manner: swallow (2x).

  1. name of a bird

    1. perhaps a thrush, swallow, crane

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָגוּר ʻâgûwr, aw-goor'; passive part (but with active sense) of an unused root meaning to twitter; probably the swallow:—swallow.
STRONGS H5693: Abbreviations
† עָגוּר noun [masculine] apparently understood by Masoretes as name of a bird; very uncertain; crane according to Saad (Isaiah), but note of crane not suitable (TristrNHB 239 f.); — וְתוֺר וְסוּס וְעָגוּר Jeremiah 8:7; כְּסוּס עָגוּר Isaiah 38:14 (but here gloss Klo Brd Di Dn CheHpt); Thes and (in Jeremiah) Hi Gf Gie strike out וְ and take ע׳ as adjective of סוס = twittering or the like; Thes assumes transpos. from גער, Ethiopic cry.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Isaiah

38:14

Jeremiah

8:7