Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures from the Ape to the Coral |
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... seems evident that the word was applied to any species of monkey , whether it had a tail or not . Perhaps the best method of ascertaining approximately the particular species of monkey , is to notice the land from which the animals came ...
... seems evident that the word was applied to any species of monkey , whether it had a tail or not . Perhaps the best method of ascertaining approximately the particular species of monkey , is to notice the land from which the animals came ...
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... seems to be more sedate than the ordinary monkeys , to judge from the specimens which have lived in the Zoological Gardens , and sits peering with its shiny brown eyes out of the enormous mane , with as much gravity as if it were really ...
... seems to be more sedate than the ordinary monkeys , to judge from the specimens which have lived in the Zoological Gardens , and sits peering with its shiny brown eyes out of the enormous mane , with as much gravity as if it were really ...
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... seems to imply , much as the ancient Athenians venerated the owl as the bird of wisdom , and the chosen companion of the learned Minerva . In many places , the Wanderoo is thought to be a sort of king among monkeys , and to enjoy the ...
... seems to imply , much as the ancient Athenians venerated the owl as the bird of wisdom , and the chosen companion of the learned Minerva . In many places , the Wanderoo is thought to be a sort of king among monkeys , and to enjoy the ...
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... seems to be indicated by the Hebrew word Hatalleph , which is evidently used in a compre- hensive sense , and signifies all and any species of Bat . Until very lately , the exact species of Bats which inhabit Palestine were not ...
... seems to be indicated by the Hebrew word Hatalleph , which is evidently used in a compre- hensive sense , and signifies all and any species of Bat . Until very lately , the exact species of Bats which inhabit Palestine were not ...
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... seems to have been an event which was not sufficiently rare to be surprising . We will now proceed to those characteristics of the Lion which bear especial reference to the Scriptures . In the first place , size for size , the Lion is ...
... seems to have been an event which was not sufficiently rare to be surprising . We will now proceed to those characteristics of the Lion which bear especial reference to the Scriptures . In the first place , size for size , the Lion is ...
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allusion ancient animal antelope Aoudad Arab Authorized Version Bactrian Camel beasts bird Bittern Book of Job Camel cattle chariot colour cormorant creature Crocodile curious custom Deut dogs eaten eggs Egypt Egyptian Egyptian Vulture employed evidently example eyes familiar feed feet fish flesh flocks Gazelle goats ground habits hath head Hebrew word Hedgehog herds hippopotamus hoof horns horse hunters Hyæna inhabit insect Israel Israelites Jewish Bible Jews killed king land Leopard lion Locusts Lord mentioned metaphor milk mode Mule neck nest occurs Old Testament Ostrich oxen Palestine pass passage plentiful present day prey probably prophet Raven Reêm reference remarkable rendered reptile rider river rock sacred scarcely Scriptures seen Septuagint serpent sheep shepherd signifies similar skin sometimes species spot swift tail Talmudical thee thou translated tribe unto Vulture Wanderoo Wild Ass wings writers yoke young
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Page 494 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 18 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 202 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 566 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Page 272 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 552 - Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
Page 240 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 341 - He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, he instructed him, * He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 568 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 411 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...