BDB603
אֲנָפָה noun feminine an unclean bird (compare Assyrian anpatu DlHA 33; meaning quite dubious; on conjectures see Di Lev 11:19) Lev 11:19; Deut 14:8.
Strong's Lexicon
H601
H601 — אֲנָפָה
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H601 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אֲנָפָה |
| Part of Speech: | noun fem |
| Etymology: | from H599 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | anaphah |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-aw-faw' |
| Meaning: | 1. an unclean bird, perhaps the parrot (from its irascibility) |
| KJV Renderings: | heron. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אנפה (dnah-phah’)
Leviticus 11:19
- KJV: And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
- EHCC: the Aeron after her kind,