Nôwtsâh — H5133

Definition

feminine noun

a pinion (or wing feather); often (collectively) plumage

1. plumage, feathers

Usually translated as

feathers, ostrich, feather

Origin

or nôtsâh; feminine active participle of H5327 in the sense of flying

• Nâtsâh (H5327)

Occurrences

Nôwtsâh occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Leviticus (1), Job (1), Ezekiel (2)

• Leviticus 1:16 — And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers (בְּנֹצָתָ֑הּ), and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
• Job 39:13 — Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich (וְנֹצָֽה)?
• Ezekiel 17:3 — And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers (הַנּוֹצָ֔ה), which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar:
• Ezekiel 17:7 — There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers (נוֹצָ֑ה): and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation.