Hawk
UNCLEAN
Named among the forbidden birds (Lev 11:13-19)
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 3 verses (KJV)
Bird
Description
The hawk was a bird of prey, unclean like the eagle and vulture. It was known in the ancient world for its seasonal migration — a pattern of instinctive behavior that Job cites as evidence of a wisdom greater than human planning.
Key verses
“And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,”
Leviticus 11:16
All 3 referencesshow
- Deuteronomy 14:15
- Job 39:26
- Leviticus 11:16