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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names given to the several tribes of animals were derived from their respective
notes . Other names appear to be derived from the characteristic qualities of the
creatures ; as , for instance the camel might be called BOJ GAMEL , from its ...
names given to the several tribes of animals were derived from their respective
notes . Other names appear to be derived from the characteristic qualities of the
creatures ; as , for instance the camel might be called BOJ GAMEL , from its ...
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324 , and Hiller , Hierophyt , 1. Ixv . p . 127 . * From the Hebrew phul is derived
pulse , the common name for leguminous plants . ney - bean , “ phaseolus
minimus , fructu viridi OF THE BIBLE . " 37 The third day comes a frost, a killing
frost...
324 , and Hiller , Hierophyt , 1. Ixv . p . 127 . * From the Hebrew phul is derived
pulse , the common name for leguminous plants . ney - bean , “ phaseolus
minimus , fructu viridi OF THE BIBLE . " 37 The third day comes a frost, a killing
frost...
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It has also been considered as the oldest fable extant . For the meaning of the
word translated brambles in Isai . xxxiv . 13 , see THORN . BRASS . The word is
derived , according to Dr. Taylor , from the verb WAJ NEHES , which signifies , “
to ...
It has also been considered as the oldest fable extant . For the meaning of the
word translated brambles in Isai . xxxiv . 13 , see THORN . BRASS . The word is
derived , according to Dr. Taylor , from the verb WAJ NEHES , which signifies , “
to ...
Page 166
Parkhurst says , that in the later Greek writers , and in the New Testament , venos
denotes the artificial substance , glass ; and that we may either with Mintert ,
derive it from ely , “ splendour , ” or immediately from the Hebrew 577 , “ to shine .
Parkhurst says , that in the later Greek writers , and in the New Testament , venos
denotes the artificial substance , glass ; and that we may either with Mintert ,
derive it from ely , “ splendour , ” or immediately from the Hebrew 577 , “ to shine .
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Authors give it , or the best sort of it , the epithets white , pure , pellucid ; and so it
may have some connexion with a word , derived from the same root , signifying
unstained , clear , and so applied to moral whiteness and purity 94 This gum is ...
Authors give it , or the best sort of it , the epithets white , pure , pellucid ; and so it
may have some connexion with a word , derived from the same root , signifying
unstained , clear , and so applied to moral whiteness and purity 94 This gum is ...
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| Title | 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 |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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