Ossifrage (Easton)

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Heb. peres = to 'break' or 'crush', the lammer-geier, or bearded vulture, the largest of the whole vulture tribe. It was an unclean bird (Leviticus 11:13; Deuteronomy 14:12 ). It is not a gregarious bird, and is found but rarely in Palestine. 'When the other vultures have picked the flesh off any"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter O Bible Dictionaries Ossifrage Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Osprey Next Entry Ostrich Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Ossifrage Dictionaries American Tract Society Ossifrage Easton's Bible Dictionary Ossifrage Fausset Bible Dictionary Ossifrage Holman Bible Dictionary Ossifrage Hastings' BibleDictionary Ossifrage King James Dictionary Ossifrage Morrish Bible Dictionary Ossifrage People's Bible Dictionary Ossifrage Smith Bible Dictionary Ossifrage Webster Dictionary Ossifragous Ossifrage Watson's Theological Dictionary Ossifrage Encyclopedias International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Ossifrage Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Ossifrage McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Ossifrage The Jewish Encyclopedia Ossifrage Lexicons פֶּרֶס Heb. peres = to "break" or "crush", the lammer-geier, or bearded vulture, the largest of the whole vulture tribe. It was an unclean bird ( Leviticus 11:13 ; Deuteronomy 14:12 ). It is not a gregarious bird, and is found but rarely in Palestine. "When the other vultures have picked the flesh off any animal, he comes in at the end of the feast, and swallows the bones, or breaks them, and swallows the pieces if he cannot otherwise extract the marrow. The bones he cracks [hence the appropriateness of the name ossifrage, i.e., "bone-breaker"] by letting them fall on a rock from a great height. He does not, however, confine himself to these delicacies, but whenever he has an opportunity will devour lambs, kids, or hares. These he generally obtains by pushing them over cliffs, when he has watched his opportunity; and he has been known to attack men while climbing rocks, and dash them against the bottom. But tortoises and serpents are his ordinary food...No doubt it was a lammer-geier that mistook the bald head of the poet AEschylus for a stone, and dropped on it the tortoise which killed him" (Tristram's Nat. Hist.).

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)