STRONGS NUMBER H6538


Word Summary
peres: (a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture
Original Word: פֶרֶס
Transliteration: peres
Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-res)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: (a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture
Meaning: (a bird of prey) perhaps bearded vulture
Strong's Concordance
claw, ossifrage

From parac; a claw; also a kind of eagle -- claw, ossifrage.

see HEBREW parac

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6538. peres

מֶּ֫רֶסnoun [masculine] a bird of prey, perhaps bearded vulture (gypaelus barbatus, 'ossifrage' (TristrNHB 171; FFP 94; from tearing its prey); — for bidden as food Deuteronomy 14:12 = Leviticus 11:13 (H).