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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... common people , by those who were in possession of phy- sical discoveries , in order to procure more veneration and re- spect . But whatever were the methods commonly practised , the enemies of the Jews are here compared to such ...
... common people , by those who were in possession of phy- sical discoveries , in order to procure more veneration and re- spect . But whatever were the methods commonly practised , the enemies of the Jews are here compared to such ...
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... common name of apples , only adding an epithet to distinguish them from the species of fruit which we call by that name , and from one another ; but it does not appear that the Hebrew writers do so too . The pomegran- ate certainly has ...
... common name of apples , only adding an epithet to distinguish them from the species of fruit which we call by that name , and from one another ; but it does not appear that the Hebrew writers do so too . The pomegran- ate certainly has ...
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... common version . ASH - TREE . NOREN ; Arab . arân ; Lat . ornus . This word occurs Isaiah , xliv . 14. The Septuagint and Vul- gate render it the pine ; but Celsius gives from Abu'l Fadli a description of the arûn , which agrees very ...
... common version . ASH - TREE . NOREN ; Arab . arân ; Lat . ornus . This word occurs Isaiah , xliv . 14. The Septuagint and Vul- gate render it the pine ; but Celsius gives from Abu'l Fadli a description of the arûn , which agrees very ...
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... common reading is cœli , but corrected cilli , λλos , whence ovos , an ass . Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture , " the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , Pi- Jehovah , or ...
... common reading is cœli , but corrected cilli , λλos , whence ovos , an ass . Bochart 72 , is of opinion that the error arose from an expression in Scripture , " the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it ; " in the Hebrew , Pi- Jehovah , or ...
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... common mincha , or offering , was of fine wheat flour , Levit . ii . 1 ; but this was of barley , a meaner grain , probably to denote the vile condition of the person in whose behalf it was offered . For which reason also , there was no ...
... common mincha , or offering , was of fine wheat flour , Levit . ii . 1 ; but this was of barley , a meaner grain , probably to denote the vile condition of the person in whose behalf it was offered . For which reason also , there was no ...
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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