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X feather, stork

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

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))

Concise Bible Dictionary:

(vulture). A large wading bird, plentiful in Palestine, gregarious, migratory, nesting in trees and noted for tenderness to its young. Unclean under the law (Lev. 11:19¹⁹And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Leviticus 11:19); Deut. 14:18¹⁸And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. (Deuteronomy 14:18); Psa. 104:17¹⁷Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. (Psalm 104:17); Jer. 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)).

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Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

2624 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

chaciydah

Phonic:

khas-ee-daw’

Meaning:

feminine of 2623; the kind (maternal) bird, i.e. a stork

KJV Usage:

X feather, stork