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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58052" /> == | |||
<p> </p> | <p> A'PIS, n. In mythology, an ox, worshiped in ancient Egypt, or a divinity or idol in the figure of an ox. </p> <p> A'PIS, n. L. In zoology, the bee, a genus of insects, of the order of hymenopters. The mouth has two jaws, and a proboscis infolded in a double sheath the wings are four, the two foremost covering the hinder ones when at rest. The females and working bees have a sting. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80055" /> == | |||
<p> a symbolical deity worshipped by the Egyptians. It was an ox, having certain exterior marks, in which animal the soul of the great [[Osiris]] was supposed to subsist. The ox was probably made the symbol of Osiris because he presided over agriculture. </p> | |||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_87551" /> == | |||
<p> (n.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee. </p> | |||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38520" /> == | |||
Jeremiah 46:15 | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20562" /> == | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_58052"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/apis Apis from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_80055"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/watson-s-biblical-theological-dictionary/apis Apis from Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_87551"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/apis Apis from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38520"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/apis Apis from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_20562"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/apis Apis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_20562"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/apis Apis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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