נוֹצָה
nôwtsâh · H5133 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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feathers, plumage
The flat appendages growing on the skin of a bird, that consist of a shaft with vanes of barbs extending from it
ExamplesLeviticus 1:16 ‘He shall also remove its craw with its feathers and throw it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the fatty ashes.
Job 39:13 “The wings of the ostrich flap joyously, With the pinion and feathers of love,
Ezekiel 17:3 saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “A great eagle with great wings, long pinions, and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הּher 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- וֹhim 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- חֲסִידָהstork 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- כָּנָף kânâph · H3671 · wing, corner, hem
- כָּנָף is the standard Hebrew term for 'wing' and overlaps with נוֹצָה in contexts referring to bird plumage, though כָּנָף emphasizes the wing structure itself while נוֹצָה focuses more on the feathers/plumage.
- אֶבְרָה ʼebrâh · H84 · wing
- אֶבְרָה refers specifically to pinions or wing-feathers of birds, making it a close synonym to נוֹצָה in the domain of bird plumage, though it appears less frequently.
In the other Testament 1 word
- πτέρυξ ptéryx · G4420 · wing
- πτέρυξ is the standard Greek term for 'wing,' serving as the natural translation equivalent for Hebrew נוֹצָה when referring to bird plumage or feathers.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5133. notsah נוֺצה noun feminine plumage (compare possibly Arabic hair over forehead,…
נוֺצה noun feminine plumage (compare possibly Arabic hair over forehead, fore-lock of horse, Lane3033; see also Assyrian na-aƒ kappe); — of eagle הַגּ ׳מָלֵא Eze 17:3 (figurative of Nebuch.; + אֵבֶר כָּנָף,); also נ ׳רַב Eze 17:7 (figurative of king of Egypt; + כָּנָף); of ostrich נֹצָה Job 39:13 (|| כנף, + אֶבְרָה; compare Di Bu). Here belongs probably also בְּנֹצָתָהּ Lev 1:16, read בְּנֹצָתֹה (Dr-WhHpt), בנצתו (⅏), or נֹצָתוֺ וְ(אֶתֿ) (compare Di), its feathers, of bird for burnt-offering; ᵐ5 σὺν τοῖς πτεροῖς, ᵑ9 et plumas; so AV RVm; > with its filth (i.e. of the crop) ᵑ7Onk ᵑ6 Ges Kn Ke Kal Ew RV, meaning without evidence elsewhere.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Sources
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