The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page xxvi
... sacræ sunt Minervæ . Plumbario Murcurium delectari aiunt . Junoni dedicatur tanysipteros ; Dianæ buteo ; Matri deûm mermnus ; alii deni- que aliis diis . " . Exod . viii . 26 , but to deviate from xxvi DISSERTATION III .
... sacræ sunt Minervæ . Plumbario Murcurium delectari aiunt . Junoni dedicatur tanysipteros ; Dianæ buteo ; Matri deûm mermnus ; alii deni- que aliis diis . " . Exod . viii . 26 , but to deviate from xxvi DISSERTATION III .
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. Exod . viii . 26 , but to deviate from them in the most common actions in life . By having a diet peculiar to themselves , by eat- ing in one instance that to which the others attributed a certain sanctity , as the ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. Exod . viii . 26 , but to deviate from them in the most common actions in life . By having a diet peculiar to themselves , by eat- ing in one instance that to which the others attributed a certain sanctity , as the ...
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... Exod . xxviii . 19. xxxix . 12. In the Septuagint Axers , and Vulgate Achates . A precious stone , semi - pellucid . Its variegations are some- times most beautifully disposed ; representing plants , trees , rivers , clouds , & c . Its ...
... Exod . xxviii . 19. xxxix . 12. In the Septuagint Axers , and Vulgate Achates . A precious stone , semi - pellucid . Its variegations are some- times most beautifully disposed ; representing plants , trees , rivers , clouds , & c . Its ...
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... Exod . xxviii . 19 , and xxxix . 12 . ALABASTER . Aλabaσrgov . Perhaps the name is from the species of whitish stone , called in Arabic , BATSRATON , and adding the article AL ; AL - BATSRATON : a species of onyx 10 . It is a The ...
... Exod . xxviii . 19 , and xxxix . 12 . ALABASTER . Aλabaσrgov . Perhaps the name is from the species of whitish stone , called in Arabic , BATSRATON , and adding the article AL ; AL - BATSRATON : a species of onyx 10 . It is a The ...
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... Exod . xxv . 33 , 34 , xxxvii . 19 , 20 , Numb . xvii . 8 , Eccles . xii . 5 , and Jer . i . 11. The first name may be that of the tree ; the other , that of the fruit , or nut . A tree resembling the peach tree in its leaves and ...
... Exod . xxv . 33 , 34 , xxxvii . 19 , 20 , Numb . xvii . 8 , Eccles . xii . 5 , and Jer . i . 11. The first name may be that of the tree ; the other , that of the fruit , or nut . A tree resembling the peach tree in its leaves and ...
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Aleppo ancient animal appears Arabia Arabic beasts beautiful Bible bird Bochart called Cantic Celsius Chaldee Chron colour common creature crocodile described desert Deut Dioscorides Egypt Egyptians Exod Ezek feet flesh flowers Forskal fruit Geddes Greek grows Harmer Hasselquist Hebr Hebrew Hebrew name Hebrew word Herodotus Hieroz Hist horses Hosea insect Isai Isaiah Israel Israelites Jerom Jews Josephus Judea kind Kings learned Levit lion locust Luke Matth means mentioned Michaelis Moses myrrh nature Numb observes ostrich passage plant Plin Pliny probably prophet Prov Psal Psalm quæ referred remarks rendered resemblance sacred says Scheuchzer Scripture Illustrated seems Septuagint serpent Shaw signifies Solomon species stone Strabo supposed Syria thou tion translated Trav tree verse viii Vulgate wild wine wings wood worship writers xvii xxiv xxviii