Claw
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
CLAW . In Daniel 4:33 ‘claw’ means a bird’s claw; but in Deuteronomy 14:6 and Zechariah 11:16 it has the obsolete meaning of an animal’s hoof.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
(2):
(n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
(3):
(n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
(4):
(n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
(5):
(n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
(6):
(v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
(7):
(n.) To rail at; to scold.
(8):
(n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
klô פרסה parṣāh Deuteronomy 14:6ChewCudZechariah 11:16Daniel 4:33
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(פִּרְסָה, parsah', cleft, i.e. cloven foot), prop. a hoof (as usually rendered) of a bifurcated animal (Exodus 10:26; Micah 4:13; Ezekiel 32:11), or of a solid-footed quadruped (e.g. a horse, Isaiah 5:28; Jeremiah 47:3); hence for the distinctive mark of a clean (q.v.) creature ("claw," Deuteronomy 14:16), or the sharp weapons of a beast of prey ("claw," Zechariah 11:16), or the talons of a predatory bird ("claw," Daniel 4:33). In one passage (Psalms 10:10) the powerful, clawed paw of a lion (q.v.) is poetically denoted by the term עֲציּמים, "strong ones,"
