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“Fowl” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(flying). The
Hebrew
original embraces
birds
in general (
Gen. 1:20
20
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. (Genesis 1:20)
;
1 Kings 4:23
23
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. (1 Kings 4:23)
). The
Greek
provides the domestic limitation (
Luke 12:24
24
Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? (Luke 12:24)
).
“Sparrow” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(spurrer). The
Hebrew
word signifies “twitterer” and is mostly rendered “bird” or “
fowl
.” Though tree-sparrows abounded in
Palestine
, any small bird meets the sense (
Psa. 84:3; 102:7
3
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3)
7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. (Psalm 102:7)
). In N. T. the reference is directly to the
sparrow
species, used as a cheap food (
Matt. 10:29
29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. (Matthew 10:29)
;
Luke 12:6-7
6
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12:6‑7)
).
“Birds” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
Many
birds
of
Palestine
similar to our own. The “speckled bird” (
Jer. 12:9
9
Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. (Jeremiah 12:9)
) means a
vulture
. Birds were snared (
Psa. 124:7
7
Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. (Psalm 124:7)
;
Prov. 7:23
23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. (Proverbs 7:23)
;
Amos 3:5
5
Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? (Amos 3:5)
). Used for curing
leprosy
(
Lev. 14:2-7
2
This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
3
And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper;
4
Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
5
And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:
6
As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
7
And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. (Leviticus 14:2‑7)
). List of birds not to be eaten (
Lev. 11:13-19
13
And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
14
And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;
15
Every raven after his kind;
16
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
17
And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
18
And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,
19
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:13‑19)
;
Deut. 14:11-19
11
Of all clean birds ye shall eat.
12
But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray,
13
And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind,
14
And every raven after his kind,
15
And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
16
The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan,
17
And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant,
18
And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat.
19
And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. (Deuteronomy 14:11‑19)
).
“Fowl” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
This term is used for every description of bird described as of the
heaven
and of the
air
, including those that feed on carrion, as in
Genesis 15:11
11
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. (Genesis 15:11)
and
Revelation 19:17, 21
17
And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; (Revelation 19:17)
21
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Revelation 19:21)
; and those for the
table
(
1 Kings 4:23
23
Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. (1 Kings 4:23)
;
Neh. 5:18
18
Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. (Nehemiah 5:18)
).
“Sparrow (Tsippor, στρουθίον)” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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House
Sparrows
It is supposed that various kinds of small
birds
are alluded to by these
names
, being so called because of their “chirping,” which would include the sparrow. The
Hebrew
word is often translated “bird,” but only twice “sparrow.” It is alluded to in the
Psalms
as a lonely one upon the housetop, and as such finding a house in the courts of
God
’s house (
Psa. 84:3
3
Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God. (Psalm 84:3)
;
Psa. 102:7
7
I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. (Psalm 102:7)
). In
Palestine
sparrows are plentiful, and five were sold for two farthings, and yet the
Lord
said not one fell without His
Father
’s
knowledge
, adding “Ye are of more value than many sparrows.” If God cares for the birds (and here the
diminutive
is employed), surely He will care for His own beloved ones (
Matt. 10:29, 31
29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. (Matthew 10:29)
31
Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Matthew 10:31)
;
Luke 12:6-7
6
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7
But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. (Luke 12:6‑7)
). There are several species of sparrow in Palestine, the
Passer cisalpinus
, etc. The
Petrocossyphus cyaneus
, or
blue
thrush, may be alluded to.
“Birds” From
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
These are employed as
symbols
of evil agents: as, in the dream of
Pharaoh
’s
baker
, the birds ate the bakemeats he was carrying on his
head
(
Gen. 40:17
17
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. (Genesis 40:17)
); and in the
parable
of the
Sower
the fowls or birds which devoured the seed by the wayside are interpreted by Christ to signify “the wicked one” (
Matt. 13:4,19
4
And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (Matthew 13:4)
19
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. (Matthew 13:19)
). In the parable of the
Mustard Seed
the
kingdom
of
heaven
becomes a great system with roots in the
earth
, under the protection of which the birds of the
air
find shelter (
Matt. 13:31-32
31
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
32
Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. (Matthew 13:31‑32)
). The
Greek
is πετεινόν, the same in the two parables.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6833
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
tsippowr
Phonic:
tsip-pore’
Meaning:
or tsippor {tsip-pore'}; from
6852
; a little bird (as hopping)
KJV Usage:
bird, fowl, sparrow
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