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glede

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(glide). An unclean bird of prey (Deut. 14:13¹³And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, (Deuteronomy 14:13)). The European kite; but vulture (Lev. 11:14¹⁴And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; (Leviticus 11:14)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

One of the unclean birds (Deut. 14:13¹³And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, (Deuteronomy 14:13)). In the parallel passage in Leviticus 11:14¹⁴And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; (Leviticus 11:14) the word is omitted, as it is by the LXX, the Samaritan, and four Hebrew MSS. What bird is referred to is unknown.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7201 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

ra’ah

Phonic:

raw-aw’

Meaning:

from 7200; a bird of prey (probably the vulture, from its sharp sight)

KJV Usage:

glede. Compare 1676