STORK

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Forbidden as food
And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:1919And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19))
Nest of, in fir trees
Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. (Psalm 104:1717Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. (Psalm 104:17))
Migratory
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. (Jeremiah 8:77Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. (Jeremiah 8:7))
FIGURATIVE
Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. (Zechariah 5:99Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. (Zechariah 5:9))