Stork (Easton)

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Heb. hasidah, meaning 'kindness,' indicating thus the character of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young. It is in the list of birds forbidden to be eaten by the Levitical law (Leviticus 11:19; Deuteronomy 14:18 ). It is like the crane, but larger in size. Two species are found in"> 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 S Bible Dictionaries Stork 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 Stoning Next Entry Strain at Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Stork Thompson Chain Reference Storks Dictionaries American Tract Society Stork Easton's Bible Dictionary Stork Fausset Bible Dictionary Stork Holman Bible Dictionary Stork Hastings' BibleDictionary Stork King James Dictionary Stork Morrish Bible Dictionary Stork People's Bible Dictionary Stork Smith Bible Dictionary Stork Webster Dictionary Stork-Billed Stork Watson's Theological Dictionary Stork Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Stork International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Stork Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Stork McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Stork Stork, Charles Augustus G. Stork, Theophilus, D.D. (only first 3 shown) The Jewish Encyclopedia Stork Lexicons חֲסִידָה Heb. hasidah, meaning "kindness," indicating thus the character of the bird, which is noted for its affection for its young. It is in the list of birds forbidden to be eaten by the Levitical law ( Leviticus 11:19 ; Deuteronomy 14:18 ). It is like the crane, but larger in size. Two species are found in Palestine, the white, which are dispersed in pairs over the whole country; and the black, which live in marshy places and in great flocks. They migrate to Palestine periodically (about the 22nd of March). Jeremiah alludes to this ( Jeremiah 8:7 ). At the appointed time they return with unerring sagacity to their old haunts, and re-occupy their old nests. "There is a well-authenticated account of the devotion of a stork which, at the burning of the town of Delft, after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to carry off her young, chose rather to remain and perish with them than leave them to their fate. Well might the Romans call it the pia avis!" In Job 39:13 (A.V.), instead of the expression "or wings and feathers unto the ostrich" (marg., "the feathers of the stork and ostrich"), the Revised Version has "are her pinions and feathers kindly" (marg., instead of "kindly," reads "like the stork's"). The object of this somewhat obscure verse seems to be to point out a contrast between the stork, as distinguished for her affection for her young, and the ostrich, as distinguished for her indifference. ( Zechariah 5:9 ) alludes to the beauty and power of the stork's wings.

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