Gibt es Falken in der Bibel? Ja, in den meisten modernen Übersetzungen



  • Most modern English Bibles, including the English Standard Version and the New International Version, mention the falcon, but the King James Version never does.
  • The falcon appears among the unclean birds of Leviticus 11:13–19 and Deuteronomy 14:12–18, and in Job 28:7, where even “the falcon’s eye” has not seen the path to wisdom.
  • Das hebräische Wort, das gewöhnlich mit „Falke“ übersetzt wird, ayyah, wird im Brown-Driver-Briggs-Lexikon als „Habicht, Falke, Weihe“ definiert, und die King James Version gibt es als „Weihe“ oder „Geier“ wieder.
  • The translators’ own notes say the identity of many of the birds in these lists is uncertain.
  • Christian art later gave the falcon two meanings: the wild falcon stood for evil, and the domestic falcon for the holy man or the converted Gentile.
  • Scripture forbids interpreting omens (Leviticus 19:26; Deuteronomy 18:10–12), and the Catechism of the Catholic Church rejects all divination (2116), so seeing a falcon carries no message.

Yes, in most modern translations, though not in the King James Version. The English Standard Version lists “the falcon of any kind” among the birds Israel was not to eat (Leviticus 11:14), and several versions speak of “the falcon’s eye” in Job 28:7. No one is sure which birds the Hebrew names meant, so the translations differ. Job’s poem is a search for wisdom, and it borrows a bird known for its sight: “That path no bird of prey knows,…

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