Dogs
But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb,
The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that
was washed to her wallowing in the mire....
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As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his
folly....
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Yea, [they are] greedy dogs [which] can never have enough, and
they [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they all look
to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter....
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But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast [it] to dogs....
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His watchmen [are] blind: they are all ignorant, they [are]
all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving
to slumber....
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kelebh; (compare Arabic kelb, "dog"); kuon; and diminutive
kunarion): References to the dog, both in the Old Testament
and in the New Testament, are usually of a contemptuous
character. A dog, and especially a dead dog, is used as a
figure of insignificance. Goliath says to David (1 Sam 17:43
): "Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?...
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an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by
the hebrews as a watch for their houses, Isa 56:10 and for
guarding their flocks. Job 30:1 Then also, as now troops of
hungry and semi-wild dogs used to wander about the fields and
the streets of the cities, devouring dead bodies and other
offal, 1Ki 14:11; 21:19,23; 22:38; Ps 59:6 an...
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frequently mentioned both in the Old and New Testaments.
Dogs
were used by the Hebrews as a watch for their houses
(Isa.
56:10), and for guarding their flocks (Job 30:1).
There were
also then as now troops of semi-wild dogs that
wandered about
devouring dead bodies and the offal of the streets
(1 Kings
14:11; 16:4; 21:19, 23; 22:38; Ps. 5...
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The watch of the house, and of the flock (Isaiah 56:10-11;
Job 30:1). Sometimes domesticated, as the Syrophoenician
woman's comparison and argument imply, "the household
(kunaria, 'little' or 'pet') dogs eat of the crumbs (Matthew
15:26-27; Mark 7:27-28) which fall from their master's
table." More commonly ownerless, and banded in troops which...
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And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD,
Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt
speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place
where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy
blood, even thine....
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