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Ferret in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

White European polecat mentioned by KJV in Leviticus 11:30. Other translations read, "gecko." See Animals....

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Fallow-Deer in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Deut. 14:5 (R.V., "Wild goat"); 1 Kings 4:23 (R.V., "roebucks"). This animal, called in Hebrew _yahmur_, from a word meaning "to be red," is regarded by some as the common fallow- deer, the Cervus dama, which is said to be found very generally over Western and Southern Asia. It is called "fallow" from its pale-red or yellow colour. Some in...

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Ferret Scripture - Leviticus 11:30

And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole....

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Ivory Scripture - Amos 3:15

And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD....

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Hawk Scripture - Deuteronomy 14:15

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,...

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Elephant in Naves Topical Bible

-(Margin A. V.) Job 40:15 -See IVORY...

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Falcon in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

fo'-k'-n, fol'-k'-n, fal'-kun: The Hebrews did not know the word. Their bird corresponding to our falcon, in all probability, was one of the smaller kestrels covered by the word nets, which seemed to cover all lesser birds of prey that we include in the hawk family. That some of our many divisions of species were known to them is indicated by ...

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Deer in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

der ('ayyal, feminine 'ayyalah, and 'ayyeleth (compare Arabic, 'ayyal and 'iyal, "deer" and 'ayil, "ram," and Latin caper and capra, "goat," caprea, capreolus, "wild goat," "chamois," or "roe deer"); yachmur (compare Arabic, yachmur, "deer"); ya`alah, feminine of ya`el (compare Arabic, wa`l, "Pers wild goat"); tsebhi, and feminine tsebhiyah (c...

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Falcon in Naves Topical Bible

-A carnivorous bird (R. V.) Le 11:14; De 14:13...

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Ivory in Smiths Bible Dictionary

The word translated "ivory" literally signifies the "tooth" of any animal, and hence more especially denotes the substance of the projecting tusks of elephants. The skilled work-men of Hiram, king of Tyre, fashioned the great ivory throne of Solomon, and overlaid it with pure gold. 1Ki 10:18; 2Ch 9:17 The ivory thus employed was supplied by th...

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