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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... kind of animal is here intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended ; and from it we have borrowed our translation of the word . The ...
... kind of animal is here intended , but a colour . None of the versions acknowledge an animal of any kind , except the Chaldee , which supposes the badger is intended ; and from it we have borrowed our translation of the word . The ...
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... kind of natural and perpetual glow in the sultry air . It is still cultivated in the plain of Jericho ; and the process of obtaining the balsam is described by Mariti , Vol . ii . p . 27 , & c . He was there in 1766. The culture seems ...
... kind of natural and perpetual glow in the sultry air . It is still cultivated in the plain of Jericho ; and the process of obtaining the balsam is described by Mariti , Vol . ii . p . 27 , & c . He was there in 1766. The culture seems ...
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... kind of food among the Orientals ? The " ap- pointed barley , " Dr. Stock renders yo yw , " picked barley ; " and Bp . Lowth more paraphrastically , " barley that hath its appointed limit , " referring probably to the boundary between ...
... kind of food among the Orientals ? The " ap- pointed barley , " Dr. Stock renders yo yw , " picked barley ; " and Bp . Lowth more paraphrastically , " barley that hath its appointed limit , " referring probably to the boundary between ...
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... kind of crystal . The very learned Bochart 3 considers it as the pearl ; and to his elaborate disquisition I refer the curious reader who delights in accumulated erudition and ingenious con- jecture . Of the same opinion is Dr. Geddes ...
... kind of crystal . The very learned Bochart 3 considers it as the pearl ; and to his elaborate disquisition I refer the curious reader who delights in accumulated erudition and ingenious con- jecture . Of the same opinion is Dr. Geddes ...
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... kind or nature it may be ; although they have materially differed upon this last point , some regarding it as the hippopotamus , or river horse , and others as the elephant . Among the chief supporters of the former opinion , are ...
... kind or nature it may be ; although they have materially differed upon this last point , some regarding it as the hippopotamus , or river horse , and others as the elephant . Among the chief supporters of the former opinion , are ...
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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