Swallow
דְּרוֹרStrong’s H1866deror (de-ror)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Deror is the Hebrew word usually translated “swallow” and “like swallow”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- A swallow, bird
How it's translated
- and a swallow 1
- like swallow 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
- Proverbs 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
דְּרוֹר deror · swallow
a swallow, bird
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “swallow” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SWAL'LOW, noun
A bird of the genus Hirundo, of many species, among which are the chimney swallow and the martin.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.