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Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... powerful men is prohibited. The osprey, which feeds on very small birds,
signifies those who oppress the poor. The kite, which is ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Creation of Fowl and Water Animals.
... But the osprey, it is said, will not allow it to perish, she carries it away and
brings it up with her young ones. ... On the osprey, see Arist., HA ix. ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily viii the creation of.htm

The Clean and the Unclean
... But he sees a coney burrowing among the rocks; "Ah!" says he, "unclean; there is
sin there!" He lifts his eye up to heaven; he sees the osprey, the bald eagle ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 9 1863/the clean and the unclean.htm

Andromeda
... As when an osprey aloft, dark-eyebrowed, royally crested, Flags on by creek and
by cove, and in scorn of the anger of Nereus Ranges, the king of the shore; if ...
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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Osprey

The Hebrew word occurs in (Leviticus 11:13) and Deuteronomy 14:12 So the name of some unclean bird. It's probably either the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) or the white-tailed eagle (Haliaetus albicella).

ATS Bible Dictionary
Osprey

A bird of the eagle kind, unfit for food, Le 11:13. It is thought to be the sea eagle, or the black eagle of Egypt. See BIRDS.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hebrews `ozniyyah, an unclean bird according to the Mosaic law (Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12); the fish-eating eagle (Pandion haliaetus); one of the lesser eagles. But the Hebrew word may be taken to denote the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus of Southern Europe), one of the most abundant of the eagle tribe found in Palestine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Alt. of Ospray.
Thesaurus
Osprey (4 Occurrences)
... (n.) Alt. of Ospray. Multi-Version Concordance Osprey (4 Occurrences). ... Leviticus
11:18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, (WEB NIV). ...
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Ospray (2 Occurrences)
... The osprey was quite similar in appearance to some of the smaller eagles, and
by some it is thought that the short-toed eagle is intended. ...
/o/ospray.htm - 8k

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)

/o/ossifrage.htm - 10k

Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... There was a golden eagle (the osprey of the King James Version), not very common,
distinguished by its tan-colored head; the imperial eagle, more numerous and ...
/e/eagle.htm - 28k

Birds (125 Occurrences)
... these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they
are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey, and the ...
/b/birds.htm - 62k

Abomination (78 Occurrences)
... these ye shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, they
are an abomination: the eagle, and the gier-eagle, and the osprey, and the ...
/a/abomination.htm - 55k

Vulture (16 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 14:12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle,
and the vulture, and the osprey, (WEB JPS NAS RSV NIV). ...
/v/vulture.htm - 14k

Zoology
... Hare Birds: PASSERES: Sparrow, Swallow, Raven, Hoopoe, Night Hawk RAPTORES: Great
Owl, Little Owl, Horned Owl, Eagle, Vulture, Gier-Eagle, Osprey, Kite, Glede ...
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Unclean (393 Occurrences)
... The American Standard Revised Version gives them as follows: eagle, gier eagle,
osprey, kite, falcon, glede, every raven, ostrich, night-hawk, sea-mew, hawk ...
/u/unclean.htm - 39k

Buzzard (3 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 14:12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle,
and the vulture, and the osprey, (See NAS). Deuteronomy ...
/b/buzzard.htm - 7k

Bible Concordance
Osprey (4 Occurrences)

Leviticus 11:13 And these ye shall have in detestation among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are a detestable thing: the great vulture, and the bearded vulture, and the ospray;
(See RSV)

Leviticus 11:18 the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,
(WEB NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:12 But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,
(WEB RSV)

Deuteronomy 14:17 and the pelican, and the vulture, and the cormorant,
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Osprey

Osprey: Forbidden As Food

Related Terms

Ospray (2 Occurrences)

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)

Eagle (27 Occurrences)

Birds (125 Occurrences)

Abomination (78 Occurrences)

Vulture (16 Occurrences)

Zoology

Unclean (393 Occurrences)

Buzzard (3 Occurrences)

Black (52 Occurrences)

Owl (11 Occurrences)

Desert (322 Occurrences)

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