The Natural History of the Bible: or, a description of all the quadrupeds, birds, fiches, reptiles, and insects, trees, plants, flowers, gums, and precious stones, mentioned in the Sacred ScripturesThomas Tegg, 1824 - 430 pages |
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... wings . There is a story of this locust , that it fights against ser- pents ; and such is the import of its name in Greek , îioμaxs14 . This arose , perhaps , from finding the insect preying upon the pu- trid bodies of dead snakes ...
... wings . There is a story of this locust , that it fights against ser- pents ; and such is the import of its name in Greek , îioμaxs14 . This arose , perhaps , from finding the insect preying upon the pu- trid bodies of dead snakes ...
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 . " 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 the ...
... wing . " 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 the ...
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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
Popular passages
Page 363 - Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Page 204 - He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 295 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 251 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth : the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 395 - The eternal regions. Lowly reverent Towards either throne they bow, and to the ground, With solemn adoration, down they cast Their crowns inwove with amarant and gold — Immortal amarant, a flower which once In Paradise, fast by the tree of life, Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven removed, where first it grew, there grows.
Page 110 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Page 362 - He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a, man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol.
Page 152 - Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
Page 153 - But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines : for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Page 16 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.