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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... Greek or Latin without a translation , or so blending it in the text as to render a literal version unnecessary ; and I have studied to make this least entertaining part of my work in some degree interesting even to those who have been ...
... Greek or Latin without a translation , or so blending it in the text as to render a literal version unnecessary ; and I have studied to make this least entertaining part of my work in some degree interesting even to those who have been ...
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... Greek writers , who amused themselves with ridiculing the religious ceremonies of Egypt , were doubtless ignorant of the motive which caused this particular fish to be proscribed . The flesh of the eel , and some other fish , thickened ...
... Greek writers , who amused themselves with ridiculing the religious ceremonies of Egypt , were doubtless ignorant of the motive which caused this particular fish to be proscribed . The flesh of the eel , and some other fish , thickened ...
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... Greek of Matth . xxvi . 7. Mark xiv . 3. and Luke vii . 37 . The name of a genus of fossils nearly allied to marble . bright elegant stone , sometimes of a snowy whiteness . It may be cut freely , and is capable of a fine polish . Being ...
... Greek of Matth . xxvi . 7. Mark xiv . 3. and Luke vii . 37 . The name of a genus of fossils nearly allied to marble . bright elegant stone , sometimes of a snowy whiteness . It may be cut freely , and is capable of a fine polish . Being ...
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... not possible that there is a transposition of the letters and word , so as to render it 27 Trav . v . 2. p . 470 . 28 Niebuhr's Trav . V. 1. p . 71 . correspondent to the Greek aλon ; and if it is 8 ' THE NATURAL HISTORY.
... not possible that there is a transposition of the letters and word , so as to render it 27 Trav . v . 2. p . 470 . 28 Niebuhr's Trav . V. 1. p . 71 . correspondent to the Greek aλon ; and if it is 8 ' THE NATURAL HISTORY.
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. correspondent to the Greek aλon ; and if it is not even probable that the Jews might have been led to make this alteration in re- ference to their respect to Elohim , the name of the deity , to which it bore too ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. correspondent to the Greek aλon ; and if it is not even probable that the Jews might have been led to make this alteration in re- ference to their respect to Elohim , the name of the deity , to which it bore too ...
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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