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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34405" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34405" /> == | ||
<p> Imported once every three years in Solomon's and Hiram's [[Tarshish]] fleets ( 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21). Hebrew; quoph . The ape in [[Sanskrit]] is called kapi , "ramble;" Greek kepos , akin to English ape. Solomon, as a naturalist, collected specimens from various lands. Tarshish is identified by Sir Emerson Tennent with some [[Ceylon]] seaport; so the apes (quophim ) brought to [[Solomon]] probably came from Ceylon, which abounds also in "ivory and peacocks." The [[Tamil]] names moreover, for "apes," "ivory," and "peacocks," are identical with the Hebrew. Others think [[Ophir]] was on the | <p> Imported once every three years in Solomon's and Hiram's [[Tarshish]] fleets ( 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21). Hebrew; quoph . The ape in [[Sanskrit]] is called kapi , "ramble;" Greek kepos , akin to English ape. Solomon, as a naturalist, collected specimens from various lands. Tarshish is identified by Sir Emerson Tennent with some [[Ceylon]] seaport; so the apes (quophim ) brought to [[Solomon]] probably came from Ceylon, which abounds also in "ivory and peacocks." The [[Tamil]] names moreover, for "apes," "ivory," and "peacocks," are identical with the Hebrew. Others think [[Ophir]] was on the E. African coast; then the apes would be of Ethiopia. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71341" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71341" /> == | ||
<p> '''Apes.''' (Hebrew, '''kophim''' ). [[Apes]] are mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21 There can be little doubt that the apes were brought from the same country which supplied ivory and peacocks, both of which are common in Ceylon; and Sir | <p> '''Apes.''' (Hebrew, '''kophim''' ). [[Apes]] are mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21 There can be little doubt that the apes were brought from the same country which supplied ivory and peacocks, both of which are common in Ceylon; and Sir E. Tennent has drawn attention to the fact that the Tamil names for apes, ivory and peacocks are identical with the Hebrew. </p> | ||
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