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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... speak with grateful acknowledg- ment . The first and principal of these is BOCHART , who , in his Hierozoicon , has , in the most learned researches , traced the names of the ANIMALS mentioned in scripture through the different ...
... speak with grateful acknowledg- ment . The first and principal of these is BOCHART , who , in his Hierozoicon , has , in the most learned researches , traced the names of the ANIMALS mentioned in scripture through the different ...
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... speak in other words borrowed from the apostle , ' God hath shewed me that a Jew is now at liberty to keep company with or come unto one of another nation ; ' which , so long as the Mosaic distinction betwixt clean and unclean beasts ...
... speak in other words borrowed from the apostle , ' God hath shewed me that a Jew is now at liberty to keep company with or come unto one of another nation ; ' which , so long as the Mosaic distinction betwixt clean and unclean beasts ...
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... speaks of it particularly , Æn . vii . v . 750 . " Quin et Marrubia venit de gente sacerdos , Fronde super galeam et felici comptus oliva , Archippi regis missu fortissimus Umbro ; Vipereo generi , et graviter spirantibus hydris ...
... speaks of it particularly , Æn . vii . v . 750 . " Quin et Marrubia venit de gente sacerdos , Fronde super galeam et felici comptus oliva , Archippi regis missu fortissimus Umbro ; Vipereo generi , et graviter spirantibus hydris ...
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... speak of the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such kinds are mentioned by Avicenna , as quoted by Bochart ...
... speak of the charming of serpents as a thing not only possible , but frequently seen 8 . The deaf adder , or asp , may either be a serpent of a species naturally deaf , for such kinds are mentioned by Avicenna , as quoted by Bochart ...
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... speak of were to the sight like the wood of the fig tree , but were whiter and more shining . Now we have said thus much , that nobody may be ignorant of the difference between these sorts of wood , nor unacquainted with the nature of ...
... speak of were to the sight like the wood of the fig tree , but were whiter and more shining . Now we have said thus much , that nobody may be ignorant of the difference between these sorts of wood , nor unacquainted with the nature of ...
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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