Swine

Swine in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

swin (chazir; compare Arabic khinzir; hus, Septuagint and New Testament; compare Greek sus, and Latin sus; adjective hueios, as a substantive, the Septuagint; choiros, Septuagint and New Testament): In both ancient and modern times domestic swine have been little kept in Israel, but wild swine are well known as inhabitants of the thickets of ...

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Swine in Naves Topical Bible

-(Pigs) -Forbidden as food Le 11:7; De 14:8 -Used for food Isa 65:4; 66:17 -For sacrifice Isa 66:3 -Wild boar Ps 80:13 -Jewels in the nose of Pr 11:22 -Viciousness of Mt 7:6 -Jesus sends demons into the Mt 8:28-32; Mr 5:11-14; Lu 8:32,33 -Feeding of Lu 15:15,16 -Sow returns to her wallowing 2Pe 2:22...

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Swine in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(Heb. chazir). The flesh of swine was forbidden as food by the Levitical law, Le 11:7; De 14:8 the abhorrence which the Jews as a nation had of it may be inferred from Isa 65:4 and 2 Macc 6:18,19. No other reason for the command to abstain from swine's flesh is given in the law of Moses beyond the general one which forbade any of the mammalia ...

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Swine in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (Lev. 11:7; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17; Luke 15:15, 16). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (Luke 8:32, 33). Spoken of figuratively in Matt. 7:6 (see Prov. 11:22). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khan...

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Swine Scripture - Mark 5:13

And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea....

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Swine Scripture - Matthew 7:6

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you....

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Swine Scripture - Deuteronomy 14:8

And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it [is] unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcase....

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Swine in Wikipedia

Swine. - The most abhorred of all animals among the Jews; hence the swineherd's was the most degrading employment (Luke 15:15; cf. Matthew 8:32). Swine are very seldom kept in Israel....

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