Bible Animals

Behemoth Scripture - Job 40:15

Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox....

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Bat in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

(`aTaleph; Lev 11:19; Dt 14:18; Isa 2:20): Bats are the most widely distributed of mammals, reaching even the oceanic islands, and modern science has revealed the existence of an astonishing number of species, nearly twenty being recorded from Israel. These include both fruit-eating and insect- eating bats, the latter being the smaller. It has ...

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Bear Scripture - Isaiah 59:11

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but [there is] none; for salvation, [but] it is far off from us....

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Bittern in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

bit'-ern (qippodh; Latin Botaurus stellaris; Greek echinos): A nocturnal member of the heron family, frequenting swamps and marshy places. Its Hebrew name means a creature of waste and desert places. The bittern is the most individual branch of the heron (ardeidae) family on account of being partially a bird of night. There are observable diff...

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Bat in Naves Topical Bible

-General scriptures concerning Le 11:19; De 14:18; Isa 2:20...

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Bittern in Naves Topical Bible

-A species of heron Isa 14:23; 34:11; Zep 2:14...

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Bat in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Le 11:19; De 14:18 Many travellers have noticed the immense numbers of bats that are found in caverns in the East, and Mr. Layard said that on the occasion of a visit to a cavern these noisome beasts compelled him to retreat....

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Behemoth in Naves Topical Bible

-An amphibious animal Job 40:15...

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Behemoth in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

be'-he-moth, be-he'-moth (behemoth: Job 40:15): Apparently the plural of behemah, "a beast," used of domestic or wild animals. The same form, behemoth, occurs in other passages, e.g. Dt 28:26; 32:24; Isa 18:6; Hab 2:17, where it is not rendered "behemoth" but "beasts." According to some, the word behemoth, occurring in Job 40:15, is not a Hebr...

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Adder Scripture - Genesis 49:17

Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward....

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