Bible Dictionary: Plumage

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The entire clothing of a bird.

Strong's Hebrew

5133. notsah -- plumage
notsah or notsah. 5132, 5133. notsah or notsah. 5134 . plumage. Transliteration:
notsah or notsah Phonetic Spelling: (no-tsaw') Short Definition: plumage. ...
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Library

Vive Jesus. Preface.
... Represent to yourself beautiful doves amidst the rays of the sun; you will see their
plumage break into as many different colours as you change your point of ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/vive jesus preface.htm

He Then once More Excellently, Appropriately, and Clearly Examines ...
... to obtain a view of the revealed brightness of the thought by turning the apparent
meaning of the saying round about, as happens with the plumage with which ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 2 he then once.htm

April 20. "There they Dwelt with the King for his Work" (I. Chron. ...
... Like the sea fowl that can plunge beneath the briny tide with its beautiful and
spotless plumage, and come forth without one drop adhering to its burnished ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /april 20 there they dwelt.htm

Beasts Similarly Subject to the Law of Mutation.
... And yet the peacock withal has plumage for a garment, and a garment indeed of the
choicest; nay, in the bloom of his neck richer than any purple, and in the ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter iii beasts similarly subject to.htm

Palestine Eighteen Centuries Ago
... Similarly, it is said, every kind of fish teemed in its waters, while birds
of most gorgeous plumage filled the air with their song. ...
/.../sketches of jewish social life/chapter 1 palestine eighteen centuries.htm

Of the Production of the Beasts and of Man.
... [1811] And so others of them either poise themselves aloft with light plumage, or
are supported by hoofs, [1812] or are furnished with horns; some have arms in ...
/.../lactantius/on the workmanship of god/chap ii of the production of.htm

The Savanna of Aripo
... to the drizzly shower which plays incessantly on their glistening leaves, off which
the globules roll in a thousand pearls, as from the glossy plumage of a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xii the savanna of.htm

Purity.
... seen, and all that is near should be dim and invisible like things seen through
a telescope, or as we see through a magnifying glass the plumage of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/robertson/sermons preached at brighton/x purity.htm

The Storm-King Eagle
... by flying so high that the bullets could not reach him, or, if some chance bullet
did reach him, he was so far away that it just kissed his plumage and fell ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/the storm-king eagle.htm

What the Redbird Told Me
... As I lay brooding in my melancholy state, a red grosbeak, with his bright
red plumage, alighted on a tree a few feet from my window. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/naylor/heart talks/talk seventeen what the redbird.htm

Thesaurus

Plumage (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Plumage (3 Occurrences). Job 39:13 "The wings of the ostrich
wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love? ...
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Feathers (9 Occurrences)
... or wings (the Revised Version (British and American) "pinions") and feathers (the
American Standard Revised Version "plumage") unto the ostrich?" (Job 39:13 ...
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Ostrich (9 Occurrences)
... the Almighty discoursed to him about the ostrich in the following manner: "The wings
of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love ...
/o/ostrich.htm - 18k

Owl (11 Occurrences)
... The remainder of the plumage has no aftershaft. ... Near these locations the ostrich
would be pursued for its plumage, and its nesting conditions did not prevail. ...
/o/owl.htm - 18k

Eagle (27 Occurrences)
... It is said that the eagle sheds his feathers in the beginning of spring,
and with fresh plumage assumes the appearance of youth. ...
/e/eagle.htm - 28k

Hoopoe (2 Occurrences)
... HOOPOE. hoo'-po; -poo (dukhiphath; epops; Latin Upupa epops): One of the peculiar
and famous birds of Palestine, having a curved bill and beautiful plumage. ...
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Plucking (8 Occurrences)

/p/plucking.htm - 9k

Plumb (6 Occurrences)

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Quail (5 Occurrences)
... Quail are like the gray, brown and tan of earth. Their plumage is cut and penciled
by markings, and their flesh juicy and delicate food. ...
/q/quail.htm - 13k

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)
... young is black. It requires two years to develop the red eyes, finely
penciled plumage and white head of the adult bird. It was ...
/o/ossifrage.htm - 10k

Bible Concordance

Plumage (3 Occurrences)

Job 39:13 "The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
(WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 17:3 and say, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: A great eagle with great wings and long feathers, full of feathers, which had various colors, came to Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Plumage

Related Terms

Feathers (9 Occurrences)

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

Owl (11 Occurrences)

Eagle (27 Occurrences)

Hoopoe (2 Occurrences)

Plucking (8 Occurrences)

Plumb (6 Occurrences)

Quail (5 Occurrences)

Ossifrage (2 Occurrences)