Bible Animals

Dragon Scripture - Psalms 91:13

Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet....

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Eagle in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

e'-g'-l (nesher; aetos; Latin aquila): A bird of the genus aquila of the family falconidae. The Hebrew nesher, meaning "to tear with the beak," is almost invariably translated "eagle," throughout the Bible; yet many of the most important references compel the admission that the bird to which they applied was a vulture. There were many large b...

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Elephant in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

el'-e-fant (Job 40:15 the King James Version margin, the American Revised Version, margin "hippopotamus," the Revised Version (British and American) "ivory"); 1 Ki 10:22 the King James Version margin; 2 Ch 9:21 the King James Version; 1 Macc 3:34; 6:28 ff; 8:6): Possibly in Job it is the extinct mammoth. See BEHEMOTH; IVORY....

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Dragon Scripture - Jeremiah 51:34

Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out....

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Eagle in Naves Topical Bible

-Forbidden as food Le 11:13; De 14:12 -The swift flight of De 28:49; Job 9:26; Pr 30:19; Jer 4:13; 49:22; La 4:19 -The nest of De 32:11; Job 39:27-30; Jer 49:16 -Carries her young upon her wings Ex 19:4; De 32:11 -The long life of Ps 103:5 -The molting of Mic 1:16 -Gier-eagle Le 11:18 -FIGURATIVE Ex 19:4; De 32:11; Jer 48:40; Ho 8:1...

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Dromedary in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

drum'-e-da-ri, drom'-e-da-ri. See CAMEL....

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Dromedary in Naves Topical Bible

-General scriptures concerning 1Ki 4:28; Es 8:10 -R. V., swift steeds) Isa 60:6...

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Eagle in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Heb. nesher, i.e. a tearer with the beak). At least four distinct kinds of eagles have been observed in Israel, viz., the golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, the spotted eagle, Aquila naevia, the imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca, and the very common Circaetos gallicus. The Hebrew nesher may stand for any of these different species, though perhaps ...

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Eagle in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Herb. nesher; properly the griffon vulture or great vulture, so called from its tearing its prey with its beak), referred to for its swiftness of flight (Deut. 28:49; 2 Sam. 1:23), its mounting high in the air (Job 39:27), its strength (Ps. 103:5), its setting its nest in high places (Jer. 49:16), and its power of vision (Job 39:27-30). ...

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