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Cormorant
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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The Ρelicanus bassanus , of the family Colymbidoe , order Νatatores . Hebrew shalak , i.e. "the diver", from a root "to cast down" itself, or plunge after its prey. Unclean (Leviticus 11:17; Deuteronomy 14:17). Septuagint katarraktes , which Speaker's Commentary makes the "cormorant," Ρhalacrocorax crabo , often seen in Syria, and occasionally at the sea of Galilee; this the Appendix to Smith's Dict. contradicts. But for "cormorant" in Isaiah 34:11; Zephaniah 2:14, translated "pelican," Hebrew qa'ath .
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Cormorant'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/c/cormorant.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Cormorant'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/c/cormorant.html. 1949.
