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Weasel in Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Israel. There is no sufficient reason, however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe are common also in Israel....

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Weasel in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

So the Mishna interprets choled (Leviticus 11:29), as meaning an animal that glides or slips away. So Septuagint and Vulgate But Bochart takes it as related to the Arabic chuld, "the mole"; chephar is the more usual Hebrew for the mole (Isaiah 2:20). The choled was unclean....

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Weasel Scripture - Leviticus 11:29

These also [shall be] unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,...

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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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Weasel in Naves Topical Bible

-General scriptures concerning Le 11:29...

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Weasel in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(choled) occurs only in Le 11:29 in the list of unclean animals; but the Hebrew word ought more probably to be translated "mole." Moles are common in Israel....

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Weasel in Wikipedia

Weasel, Lev., xi, 29, must be regarded as a general name, probably designating, besides the weasel proper, the polecat and ichneumon, all very common in the Holy Land....

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