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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Page viii
... INSECTS ; and LEM- NIUS and BRAUNIUS for the MINERALS and PRECIOUS STONES . 7ed Of the continuator of CALMET , particularly the volume which bears the title of " SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED , " considerable use has been made ; but it will be ...
... INSECTS ; and LEM- NIUS and BRAUNIUS for the MINERALS and PRECIOUS STONES . 7ed Of the continuator of CALMET , particularly the volume which bears the title of " SCRIPTURE ILLUSTRATED , " considerable use has been made ; but it will be ...
Page xxiv
... insects , which , besides four walking legs , have also two longer , springing legs ( pedes saltatorii ) , an exception is made , and , under the denomination of locusts , they are declared to be clean . I proceed now to assign some of ...
... insects , which , besides four walking legs , have also two longer , springing legs ( pedes saltatorii ) , an exception is made , and , under the denomination of locusts , they are declared to be clean . I proceed now to assign some 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