חֲסִידָהchăçîydâh
stork, (so called as kind and affectionate to its young) (Leviticus 11:19; Deuteronomy 14:18; Psalms 104:17; Jeremiah 8:7; Zechariah 5:9)
Pronunciation: khas-ee-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2624
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 11:19 the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.
- Deuteronomy 14:18 the stork, herons of all kinds, the hoopoe, and the bat.
- Job 39:13 “The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
- Psalms 104:17 There the birds make their nests, and the storks make their homes in the cypresses.
- Jeremiah 8:7 Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know the Lord’s laws.
- Zechariah 5:9 Then I looked up and saw two women flying toward us, gliding on the wind. They had wings like a stork, and they picked up the basket and flew into the sky.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).