{"id":31717,"date":"2025-04-17T01:04:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T01:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=31717"},"modified":"2026-09-23T01:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T01:38:08","slug":"are-woodpeckers-mentioned-in-the-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/are-woodpeckers-mentioned-in-the-bible\/","title":{"rendered":"Kommen Spechte in der Bibel vor? Nein, aber Levitikus nennt den Wiedehopf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No. The woodpecker is not named in the King James Version or in the major modern English translations. The nearest candidate is an unclean bird in Leviticus 11:19, the dukhifat, which most modern Bibles translate &quot;hoopoe&quot; and the King James Version &quot;lapwing.&quot; Is the woodpecker one of the unclean birds? Leviticus lists twenty creatures of the air that Israel was not to eat. In the English Standard Version the list runs from &quot;the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture&quot;\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. No major English Bible names the woodpecker. The nearest bird is the unclean dukhifat of Leviticus 11:19, usually translated &quot;hoopoe.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-31717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31725,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/are-falcons-mentioned-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":31717,"position":0},"title":"Are Falcons in the Bible? Yes, in Most Modern Translations","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"April 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes. 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