Leviticus 11:16
“And the owl , and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the owl,.... The great and little owls being after mentioned, it seems best, by the word here used, to understand…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Leviticus 11:13-19
As far as they can be identified, the birds here mentioned are such as live upon animal food. They were those which the…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The owl - בת היענה bath haiyaanah, the daughter of vociferation, the female ostrich, probably so called from the noise…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Leviticus 11:9-19
Here is, 1. A general rule concerning fishes, which were clean and which not. All that had fins and scales they might…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
ostrich Here and in Deu 14:15; Job 30:29; Isa 13:21; Isa 34:13; Isa 43:20; Jer 50:39; Mic 1:8 the rendering -owl" of…
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