Ostrich
רְנָנִיםStrong’s H7443renen (re-nen)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Renen is the Hebrew word usually translated “ostriches”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?”
Meaning
- Something with a piercing crybird of piercing cries
How it's translated
- ostriches 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
רְנָנִים renen · ostrich
1) something with a piercing cry 1a) bird of piercing cries 1a1) ostrich
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ostrich” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OS'TRICH, noun
[Latin struthio-camelus; Gr. a sparrow, and an ostrich The meaning of the name is not obvious. Eng. strut, Latin struthio, Gr., Latin avis. The primary sense of struz, struthio, etc. is to reach, stretch, extend or erect; but whether this name was given to the fowl from its stately walk or appearance, or from some part of its plumage, let the reader judge.]
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.