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 99
... to gratify the Syrians , who worshiped a dove , with so honourable a mention of
their deity , instead of translating the Hebrew word a standard , as they ought to
have done , they made a proper name of it , and rendered it Mount Selmon 57 .
... to gratify the Syrians , who worshiped a dove , with so honourable a mention of
their deity , instead of translating the Hebrew word a standard , as they ought to
have done , they made a proper name of it , and rendered it Mount Selmon 57 .
Page 103
DRAGON This word is frequently to be met with in our English translation of the
Bible . " It answers generally to ... D'on the plural of in is used and translated
plurally in the following passages by the word “ dragons . ” Job , xxx . 29 ; Psal .
xliv .
DRAGON This word is frequently to be met with in our English translation of the
Bible . " It answers generally to ... D'on the plural of in is used and translated
plurally in the following passages by the word “ dragons . ” Job , xxx . 29 ; Psal .
xliv .
Page 196
11 , instead of 717 we should read 227 , and translate , the hen hatches and
clucks with the chickens of eggs not her own . ' Sometimes the hen steals the
eggs of a bird of a different species , hatches them , and clucks with the chickens
as if ...
11 , instead of 717 we should read 227 , and translate , the hen hatches and
clucks with the chickens of eggs not her own . ' Sometimes the hen steals the
eggs of a bird of a different species , hatches them , and clucks with the chickens
as if ...
Page 213
... sense I understand what is said of the ivory house which Ahab made . 1 Kings ,
xxii . 39 : for the Hebrew word translated “ house is used , ” as Dr. Taylor well
observes , for 6 a place , or case , wherein any thing lieth , is contained , or laid
up .
... sense I understand what is said of the ivory house which Ahab made . 1 Kings ,
xxii . 39 : for the Hebrew word translated “ house is used , ” as Dr. Taylor well
observes , for 6 a place , or case , wherein any thing lieth , is contained , or laid
up .
Page 218
There is in our translation , a strange confusion , writing , printing , and engraving
. ... But if , indeed , noy be rightly translated lead , it must mean the materials on
which the writing was made ; for lead is of too soft a substance to be used in the ...
There is in our translation , a strange confusion , writing , printing , and engraving
. ... But if , indeed , noy be rightly translated lead , it must mean the materials on
which the writing was made ; for lead is of too soft a substance to be used in the ...
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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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