Quick Definition
ostrich
Strong's Definition
renen reh'-nen From H7442; an ostrich (from its wail ): - X goodly.
Derivation: from H7442 (רָנַן);
KJV Usage: [idiom] goodly.
TWOT Reference: 2179d
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רְנָנִים (re.nen) — ostrich. 1) something with a piercing cry 1a) bird of piercing cries 1a1) ostrich
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · רנן
Birds
ostrich = large bird with underdeveloped wings so that itcannot fly; it has a long neck and long legs and is about 2 meters tall; its head and neck are almost bald, being covered in short bristles; the male's body is black with long white feathers on its wings; its tail is white, gray, or light brown; the females are a uniform grayish brown; they feed mainly on seeds, fallen fruit, and shoots and may occasionally eat a lizard or a frog; they live in small flocks of about twenty, of which four or five are males; as many as ten females may lay their eggs in the one nest, but only one female and one male will incubate the eggs, with the female on the nest in the daytime, and the male taking over later in the afternoon; male ostriches make a series of deep booming hoots that can be heard great distances and which are often mistaken for the roar of a lion; ◄ |iStruthio camelus; |i*≈ associated with heartless cruelty because most females do not hatch their own eggs and do not take care of their own young
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רְנָנִים n.[m.]pl. bird of piercing cries, i.e. ostrich base