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Vulture Scripture - Leviticus 11:14

And the vulture, and the kite after his kind;...

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Wolf in Naves Topical Bible

-Ravenous Ge 49:27; Jer 5:6; Eze 22:27; Zep 3:3; Joh 10:12 -FIGURATIVE Of the enemies of the righteous Mt 7:15; 10:16; Joh 10:12; Ac 20:29 Of the reconciling power of the gospel Isa 11:6...

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Unicorn Scripture - Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?...

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Viper Scripture - Acts 28:3

And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand....

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Weasel in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

we'-z'-l (choledh; compare Arabic khuld, "mole-rat"): (1) Choledh is found only in Lev 11:29, where it stands first in the list of eight unclean "creeping things that creep upon the earth." the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) agree in rendering choledh by "weasel," and the Septuagint has gale, "weasel" or "mar...

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Wolf in Smiths Bible Dictionary

There can be little doubt that the wolf of Israel is the common Canis lupus, and that this is the animal so frequently mentioned in the Bible. (The wolf is a fierce animal of the same species as the dog, which it resembles. The common color is gray with a tinting of fawn, and the hair is long and black. The Syrian wolf is of lighter color than...

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Viper in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

vi'-per ('eph`eh (Job 20:16; Isa 30:6; 59:5); echidna (Mt 3:7 = Lk 3:7; Mt 12:34; 23:33; Acts 28:3)): Several vipers are found in Israel, but it is not certain that 'eph`eh referred definitely to any of them. See SERPENT....

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Weasel in Naves Topical Bible

-General scriptures concerning Le 11:29...

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Vulture in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

vul'-tur (da'ah; Septuagint gups, and iktinos; Latin Vulturidae): Any member of a family of large birds that subsist wholly or in part on carrion. The largest vulture of Israel was the Lammer-geier. This bird waited until smaller vultures, eagles and hawks stripped a carcass to the bone, then carried the skeleton aloft and dashed it on the roc...

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Wolf in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. zeeb, frequently referred to in Scripture as an emblem of treachery and cruelty. Jacob's prophecy, "Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf" (Gen. 49:27), represents the warlike character of that tribe (see Judg. 19-21). Isaiah represents the peace of Messiah's kingdom by the words, "The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb" (Isa. 11:6). The h...

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