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Thanks for using my Bible Dictionary. This is a work in progress. In other words, I am constantly working on it. I have around 70 or more Bible Dictionaries in various formats, the majority are public domain. A good number of these Bible Dictionaries are not on the Internet in other places. What I am doing is slowly using a dual process of going into one Bible Dictionary and adding each entry into this database. At the same time the second process is to take a single important word, and look it up in all the dictionaries I have. Lastly I am formulating my own definitions from my own Bible studies, experience, reference works, and these dictionary entries. That being the case, this dictionary will constantly be a work in … Read entire article »
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Asp
Asp (see Snake). Bible occurrence: (Hebrew pethen) Deu 32:33; Job 20:14, 16; Isa 11:8; Rom 3:13. This was probably the very deadly Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) which the Egyptians worshipped as uraeus. It is small serpent that gives a very poisonous bite which gives a quick death, as if in sleep. There are three kinds of asps, the Chersea, Chelidonia, and the Ptyas, of which the last is most deadly [Brown]. The venom of an asp kills by causing sleep, thirst, or loss of blood. Immediately after the bite the person loses his sight, the part bitten swells, and a moderate pain is felt in the stomach. It is said that there is no cure except by cutting off the bitten limb immediately. The peace and security of the Messiah’s kingdom is seen … Read entire article »
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Screech Owl
Screech Owl (see Owl). Source: [Anon-Animals] … Read entire article »
Sand Partridge
Sand Partridge (see Partridge). Source: [Anon-Animals] … Read entire article »
Pigeon
Pigeon (see Dove). Source: [Anon-Animals] … Read entire article »
Cuckoo
Cuckoo. Cuckoos are insect-eating migratory birds that appear in Israel during the summer. Scholars feel that the Hebrew word was incorrectly rendered cuckow in the KJV. There is no obvious reason why the cuckoo would be considered an unclean bird (Lev. 11:16; Deut. 14:15). The NKJV translates “seagull.” Source: [Anon-Animals] … Read entire article »
Ossifrage
Ossifrage (see Vulture). Source: [Anon-Animals] … Read entire article »
Black Vulture
Black Vulture (see Osprey). Source: [Anon-Animals] … Read entire article »
Bird
* Bird. — No other classification of birds than into clean and unclean is given. The Jews, before the Babylonian captivity, had no domestic fowls except pigeons . Although many birds are mentioned, there occur few allusions to their habits. Their instinct of migration, the snaring or netting them, and the caging of song birds are referred to. * Bird, Dyed. — So does the English version, Jer., xii, 9, wrongly interpret the Hebrew ‘áyit. which means beast of prey, sometimes also bird of prey. * Bird, Singing. — This singing bird of Soph., ii, 14, according to the D.V., owes its origin to a mistranslation of the original, which most probably should be read: “And their voice shall sing at the window”; unless by a mistake of some scribe, the word … Read entire article »
Bat
A bat is a four footed beast of the ravenous sort. Each foot has five toes, and the forefeet are connected with a membrane, and expand into a sort of wing. Its mouth is like that of quadruped, not like a bird, and it is covered with hair. It gives birth to live young, not eggs, and resembles greatly a mouse. The female gives milk to its young, and these young cling to her chest. During winter bats cover themselves with their wings and hang in dry, dark places. In summer they do likewise in the day, and they hunt for food at night catching moths and insects. They cannot be tamed. The largest bats are in Brazil, Madagascar, and Maldives, and will suck the blood of people who sleep with … Read entire article »