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<p> <strong> [[Crocodile]] </strong> . (1) <em> livyâthân </em> , &nbsp; Psalms 74:14 , &nbsp; Isaiah 27:1 , &nbsp; Job 41:1 f. The last reference is almost certainly to the crocodile, which is adopted in RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] . See Leviathan. (2) <em> hayyath qâneh </em> , ‘the wild beast of the reeds,’ &nbsp; Psalms 68:30 RV [Note: Revised Version.] , is thought by many to be the crocodile or the hippopotamus as symbolizing Egypt. (3) In &nbsp; Jeremiah 14:6 <em> tannîm </em> is in RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘crocodiles.’ See Dragon. For ‘land crocodile’ see Lizard. The crocodile probably still exists in the <em> Nahr ez-Zerka </em> , S. of Mount Carmel, called by Pliny the Crocodile [[River.]] It is supposed to have been brought there by some [[Egyptian]] settlers. A dead crocodile was brought from there to the late Rev. J. Zeller of Nazareth. Herr Schumacher reports that he saw one there, and quite recently a number of crocodile’s eggs were brought from this river and sold in Jerusalem. A stuffed specimen is in the <em> PEF </em> <em> [Note: EF [[Palestine]] Exploration Fund.] </em> museum, London. </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p>