Owl (Easton)

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Heb. bath-haya'anah, 'daughter of greediness' or of 'shouting.' In the list of unclean birds (Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15 ); also mentioned in Job 30:29; Isaiah 13:21; 34:13; 43:20; Jeremiah 50:39; Micah 1:8 . In all these passages the Revised Version translates 'ostrich' (q.v.), which is the"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter O Bible Dictionaries Owl Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Oven Next Entry Ox Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Owl Thompson Chain Reference Owls Torrey Topical Textbook Owl, the Dictionaries American Tract Society Owl Easton's Bible Dictionary Owl Fausset Bible Dictionary Owl Holman Bible Dictionary Screech Owl Owl, Screech Owl Owl (only first 3 shown) Hastings' BibleDictionary Screech Owl Owl Little Owl King James Dictionary Owl Morrish Bible Dictionary Screech Owl Owl Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Owl Smith Bible Dictionary Owl Wilson's Bible Types Owl Webster Dictionary Sea Owl Scops Owl Owling (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Owl Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Owl Owling International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Owl Owl, Great Owl, Little (only first 3 shown) Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Owl McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Great Owl Owl Owl-Headed Minerva (only first 3 shown) Lexicons אֹחַ בַּת יַנְשׁוףּ (only first 3 shown) Heb. bath-haya'anah, "daughter of greediness" or of "shouting." In the list of unclean birds ( Leviticus 11:16 ; Deuteronomy 14:15 ); also mentioned in Job 30:29 ; Isaiah 13:21 ; 34:13 ; 43:20 ; Jeremiah 50:39 ; Micah 1:8 . In all these passages the Revised Version translates "ostrich" (q.v.), which is the correct rendering. Heb. yanshuph, rendered "great owl" in Leviticus 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 14:16 , and "owl" in Isaiah 34:11 . This is supposed to be the Egyptian eagle-owl (Bubo ascalaphus), which takes the place of the eagle-owl (Bubo maximus) found in Southern Europe. It is found frequenting the ruins of Egypt and also of the Holy Land. "Its cry is a loud, prolonged, and very powerful hoot. I know nothing which more vividly brought to my mind the sense of desolation and loneliness than the re-echoing hoot of two or three of these great owls as I stood at midnight among the ruined temples of Baalbek" (Tristram). The LXX. and Vulgate render this word by "ibis", i.e., the Egyptian heron. Heb. kos, rendered "little owl" in Leviticus 11:17 ; Deuteronomy 14:16 , and "owl" in Psalm 102:6 . The Arabs call this bird "the mother of ruins." It is by far the most common of all the owls of Palestine. It is the Athene persica, the bird of Minerva, the symbol of ancient Athens. Heb. kippoz, the "great owl" ( Isaiah 34:15 ); Revised Version, "arrow-snake;" LXX. and Vulgate, "hedgehog," reading in the text, kippod, instead of kippoz. There is no reason to doubt the correctness of the rendering of the Authorized Version. Tristram says: "The word [i.e., kippoz] is very possibly an imitation of the cry of the scops owl (Scops giu), which is very common among ruins, caves, and old walls of towns...It is a migrant, returning to Palestine in spring." Heb. lilith, "screech owl" ( Isaiah 34:14 , marg. and RSV, "night monster"). The Hebrew word is from a root signifying "night." Some species of the owl is obviously intended by this word. It may be the hooting or tawny owl (Syrnium aluco), which is common in Egypt and in many parts of Palestine. This verse in Isaiah is "descriptive of utter and perpetual desolation, of a land that should be full of ruins, and inhabited by the animals that usually make such ruins their abode."

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