Night-Hawk

I believe this is the only animal of any kind mentioned in the Bible, the name of which begins with N. It is named in the Leviticus 11, among other birds, such as the owl, the cuckoo and the raven, which the children of Israel were not allowed to eat.

It is somewhat like the owl in its shape, and in its large, full, round eyes. It flies at evening, and hides itself during the day from the bright light of the sun. It likes to live in lonely, dark woods, and when it comes out at twilight to get the insects that it lives upon, you could hardly hear the sound of its wings, it flies so very gently. It has a very wide, gaping mouth, which helps it to seize upon moths and flies, and its mouth is bordered with a row of stiff bristles, so that the insects may not escape again after they have been caught.

The night-hawk belongs to the same family with the whip-poor-will; and, like that bird, it places its eggs on the ground in the shade of some thicket, with only a layer of withered leaves under them instead of making a nest.

Night-Hawk

An unclean bird, Le 11:16 De 14:15. Its name seems to indicate voracity, and is therefore thought by many to point out the Syrian owl, a more powerful bird than the nighthawks, and exceedingly voracious; it sometimes attacks sleeping children.

(Hebrews tahmas) occurs only in the list of unclean birds (Leviticus 11:16; Deuteronomy 14:15). This was supposed to be the night-jar (Caprimulgus), allied to the swifts. The Hebrew word is derived from a root meaning "to scratch or tear the face," and may be best rendered, in accordance with the ancient versions, "an owl" (Strix flammea). The Revised Version renders "night-hawk." 8464. tachmas -- male ostrich
... disease, grievous, that are sickness. From chamac; a species of unclean bird (from
its violence), perhaps an owl -- night hawk. see HEBREW chamac. 8463, 8464 ...
/hebrew/8464.htm - 6k

8465. Tachan -- an Ephraimite
... night hawk. Probably from chanah; station; Tachan, the name of two Israelites --
Tahan. see HEBREW chanah. 8464, 8465. Tachan. 8466 . Strong's Numbers.
/hebrew/8465.htm - 6k

Nighthawk (2 Occurrences)
...Nighthawk (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:16 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk,
and the sea-mew, and the hawk after its kinds; (See RSV). ...
/n/nighthawk.htm - 7k

Night-hawk (2 Occurrences)
Night-hawk. Nighthawk, Night-hawk. Night-lodge . Easton's Bible Dictionary ...
Nighthawk, Night-hawk. Night-lodge . Reference Bible.
/n/night-hawk.htm - 7k

Hawk (6 Occurrences)
... lanarius. (see NIGHT-HAWK.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1 ... birds. See GLEDE; KITE;
NIGHTHAWK; FALCON. Gene Stratton-Porter. NIGHTHAWK. nit ...
/h/hawk.htm - 14k

Cuckow (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Cuckow (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:16 And the owl, and
the night-hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, (WBS). ...
/c/cuckow.htm - 8k

Cuckoo (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Cuckoo (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:16 And the owl, and
the nighthawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, (KJV YLT). ...
/c/cuckoo.htm - 9k

Sea-hawk (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sea-hawk (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:16 And the ostrich
and the night-hawk and the sea-hawk, and birds of that sort; (BBE). ...
/s/sea-hawk.htm - 6k

Sea-mew (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Sea-mew (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:16 and the ostrich,
and the night-hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind, (See JPS). ...
/s/sea-mew.htm - 8k

Night (3322 Occurrences)
... See also Delitzsch, Iris, 35. Henry E. Dosker. NIGHTHAWK. ... There are three good reasons
why the night-hawk or night-jar, more properly, was intended. ...
/n/night.htm - 15k

Nightfall (9 Occurrences)

/n/nightfall.htm - 9k

Kinds (110 Occurrences)
... See JPS). Leviticus 11:16 and the ostrich, and the night-hawk, and the seamew,
and the hawk after its kind, (See JPS). Leviticus 11 ...
/k/kinds.htm - 36k

Is there any special meaning/symbolism to owls in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Why do some churches have a Sunday night/evening service? | GotQuestions.org

What is a “dark night of the soul”? | GotQuestions.org

Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus