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 41
... wings . There is a story of this locust , that it fights against ser- pents ; and such is the import of its name in Greek , opioμaxys1 This arose , perhaps , from finding the insect preying upon the pu- trid bodies of dead snakes . Some ...
... wings . There is a story of this locust , that it fights against ser- pents ; and such is the import of its name in Greek , opioμaxys1 This arose , perhaps , from finding the insect preying upon the pu- trid bodies of dead snakes . Some ...
Page 71
... wings and fly , to camp in the hedges by day , and commit its depredations in the night . But it may be , as the Septuagint renders it in five passages out of eight where it occurs , the bruchus , or hedge - chafer 89. Nevertheless ...
... wings and fly , to camp in the hedges by day , and commit its depredations in the night . But it may be , as the Septuagint renders it in five passages out of eight where it occurs , the bruchus , or hedge - chafer 89. Nevertheless ...
Page 89
... wings . The bill is about five inches long , and of a dusky colour ; the base of the lower mandible is covered with a naked yellowish skin , which extends under the throat and forms a kind of pouch . It has a most voracious appetite ...
... wings . The bill is about five inches long , and of a dusky colour ; the base of the lower mandible is covered with a naked yellowish skin , which extends under the throat and forms a kind of pouch . It has a most voracious appetite ...
Page 91
... wings of a buff colour , spotted with brown , whilst the tail is lighter , marked all along with black transverse streaks . The beak and legs are stronger than birds of the partridge kind . Rhaad , which denoteth thunder , in the ...
... wings of a buff colour , spotted with brown , whilst the tail is lighter , marked all along with black transverse streaks . The beak and legs are stronger than birds of the partridge kind . Rhaad , which denoteth thunder , in the ...
Page 92
... wing . " hot The principal objection to adopting this bird is , that the SACAPH was prohibited as unclean , and it cannot be supposed that the saf - saf , a granivorous bird , should be so considered ; besides the SACAPH is placed in ...
... wing . " hot The principal objection to adopting this bird is , that the SACAPH was prohibited as unclean , and it cannot be supposed that the saf - saf , a granivorous bird , should be so considered ; besides the SACAPH is placed in ...
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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