ʻâgûwr — H5693

Definition

masculine noun

probably the swallow

1. name of a bird
1. perhaps a thrush, swallow, crane

Usually translated as

swallow

Origin

passive part (but with active sense) of an unused root meaning to twitter

Occurrences

ʻâgûwr occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Isaiah 38:14 — Like a crane or a swallow (עָגוּר֙), so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
• Jeremiah 8:7 — Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow (וְעָג֔וּר) observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.