Owl
UNCLEAN
Named among the forbidden birds (Lev 11:13-19)
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 14 verses (KJV)
Bird
Description
The owl was listed among the forbidden birds, unclean like the rest of the birds of prey. In prophetic imagery it became a fixture of ruined, abandoned places — a haunting sound rather than a meal.
Key verses
“And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,”
Leviticus 11:17
All 14 referencesshow
- Deuteronomy 14:15
- Deuteronomy 14:16
- Isaiah 13:21
- Isaiah 34:11
- Isaiah 34:13
- Isaiah 34:14
- Isaiah 34:15
- Isaiah 43:20
- Jeremiah 50:39
- Job 30:29
- Leviticus 11:16
- Leviticus 11:17
- Micah 1:8
- Psalms 102:6