Carrion
רָחָםStrong’s H7360racham (ra-cham)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Racham is the Hebrew word usually translated “egyptian vulture”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle,”
Meaning
- Carrion vultureperhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
How it's translated
- the egyptian vulture 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
רָחָם racham · carrion
1) carrion vulture 1a) perhaps an extinct bird, exact meaning unknown
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “carrion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CARRION, noun
- The dead and putrefying body or flesh of animals; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
- A worthless woman; a term of reproach.
All definitions and other forms of “carrion”
CARRION, adjective
Relating to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion as a carrion-crow.
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.