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 ArrangedThomas Tegg, 1824 - 430 pages |
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... derived ; believing that the names of animals , plants , & c . were not arbitrary , but founded on some ap- parent and predominant quality or property , sufficient to give them a designation at first . III . Trace the word again , in ...
... derived ; believing that the names of animals , plants , & c . were not arbitrary , but founded on some ap- parent and predominant quality or property , sufficient to give them a designation at first . III . Trace the word again , in ...
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... derive from an accurate knowledge of the object in natural history to which they originally referred . After all , I am aware that some articles may be found defective , and leave the inquisitive reader uninformed or unconvinced . Such ...
... derive from an accurate knowledge of the object in natural history to which they originally referred . After all , I am aware that some articles may be found defective , and leave the inquisitive reader uninformed or unconvinced . Such ...
Page xxi
... their objections removed by consulting STILLINGFLEET's Origines Sacra , book iii . ch . iv . vol . ii . and SULLIVAN's View of Nature , vol . ii . p . 258 . } names given to the several tribes of animals were derived DISSERTATION II . xxi.
... their objections removed by consulting STILLINGFLEET's Origines Sacra , book iii . ch . iv . vol . ii . and SULLIVAN's View of Nature , vol . ii . p . 258 . } names given to the several tribes of animals were derived DISSERTATION II . xxi.
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Thaddeus Mason Harris. names given to the several tribes of animals were derived from their respective notes . Other names appear to be derived from the characteristic qua- lities of the creatures ; as , for instance the camel might be ...
Thaddeus Mason Harris. names given to the several tribes of animals were derived from their respective notes . Other names appear to be derived from the characteristic qua- lities of the creatures ; as , for instance the camel might be ...
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... derived from a verb which signifies to bend back on itself . The Chaldee Para- phrasts render it way ACCHABIS , which we translate elsewhere , spider ; they may therefore have understood it to be the tarantula . It is rendered asp by ...
... derived from a verb which signifies to bend back on itself . The Chaldee Para- phrasts render it way ACCHABIS , which we translate elsewhere , spider ; they may therefore have understood it to be the tarantula . It is rendered asp by ...
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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