H5776

עוף

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Masculine noun · Corresponding to עוף (H5775)

(Aramaic) corresponding to H5775:—fowl.

Outline

fowl

Usages

Daniel 2:38

And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

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Daniel 7:6

After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it.

Breakdown

The Greek Empire. Likened to a leopard because a leopard strikes quick. The four wings are the four generals (Cassander, Ptolemy, Lysimachus, and Seleucus (from whom came Antiochus 4) that Alexander the Greek divided the kingdom to upon his death.

These four generals are referred to as The Diadochi, i.e. The Successors

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