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Hyena in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Jeremiah 12:9, "speckled bird." But Septuagint "the hyena," in parallelism to the "lion" in Jeremiah 12:8; tsabuwa the Arabic word for hyena corresponds. Zeboim (1 Samuel 13:18) means "the valley of hyenas." But the Hebrew 'ayit joined to it always means a bird; and "speckled" symbolizes the blending of paganism with the utterly diverse, divin...

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Leopard in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

lep'-erd ((1) namer (Song 4:8; Isa 11:6; Jer 5:6; 13:23; Hos 13:7; Hab 1:8); compare Arabic nimr, "leopard." (2) Chaldaic nemar (Dan 7:6). (3) pardalis (Rev 13:2; Ecclesiasticus 28:23); compare nimrim Nimrim (Isa 15:6; Jer 48:34), nimrah, Nimrah (Nu 32:3), and beth-nimrah, Beth-nimrah (Nu 32:36; Josh 13:27)): The leopard is found throughout Af...

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Leviathan in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

le-vi'-a-than (liwyathan (Job 41:1-34), from [~lawah, "to fold"; compare Arabic name of the wry neck, Iynx torquilla, abu-luwa, from kindred lawa, "to bend"): (1) The word "leviathan" also occurs in Isa 27:1, where it is characterized as "the swift serpent .... the crooked serpent"; in Ps 104:26, where a marine monster is indicated; also in Ps...

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Goat Scripture - Numbers 18:17

But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they [are] holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat [for] an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD....

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Greyhound Scripture - Proverbs 30:31

A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom [there is] no rising up....

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Hart in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

hart. See DEER....

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Hedgehog in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

hej'-hog Septuagint echinos, "hedgehog," for qippodh, in Isa 14:23; 34:11; Zeph 2:14, and for qippoz, in Isa 34:15). See PORCUPINE; BITTERN; OWL; SERPENT....

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Goat Scripture - Leviticus 16:15

Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that [is] for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:...

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Hart in Naves Topical Bible

-See DEER...

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Hare in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

har ('arnebheth (Lev 11:6; Dt 14:7); compare Arabic 'arnab, "hare"): This animal is mentioned only in the lists of unclean animals in Leviticus and Deuteronomy, Where it occurs along with the camel, the coney and the swine. The camel, the hare and the coney are unclean, `because they chew the cud but part not the hoof,' the swine, "because he ...

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