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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31420" /> == | |||
<p> '''''el´ē̇''''' -'''''fant''''' ( Job 40:15 the King James Version margin, the American Revised Version, margin "hippopotamus," the Revised Version (British and American) "ivory"); 1 Kings 10:22 the King James Version margin; 2 Chronicles 9:21 the King James Version; 1 Macc 3:34; 6:28ff; 8:6): Possibly in Job it is the extinct mammoth. See [[Behemoth]]; [[Ivory]] . </p> | [[Revelation]] 18:121 Kings 10:22 2 [[Chronicles]] 9:21 | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50713" /> == | |||
<p> <strong> ELEPHANT </strong> . [[Job]] 40:16 AVm [Note: [[Authorized]] [[Version]] margin.] , but RVm [Note: [[Revised]] Version margin.] correctly ‘hippopotamus’ (see Behemoth). The use of elephants in warfare is frequently noticed in the [[Books]] of [[Maccabees]] ( <em> e.g. </em> 1Ma 3:34; 1Ma 6:30; 1Ma 8:6; 1Ma 11:56 , 2Ma 11:4; 2Ma 13:15 ). [[See]] also Ivory. </p> | |||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66069" /> == | |||
<p> This is found only in the margin of the A.V. for 'Behemoth' in [[Job]] 40:15; and in 'elephants' teeth' for 'ivory' in 1 Kings 10:22; 2Chr. 9:21: of. [[Revelation]] 18:1,2 . [[See]] IVORY. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3373" /> == | |||
<p> '''''el´ē̇''''' -'''''fant''''' ( [[Job]] 40:15 the [[King]] [[James]] [[Version]] margin, the [[American]] [[Revised]] Version, margin "hippopotamus," the Revised Version (British and American) "ivory"); 1 Kings 10:22 the King James Version margin; 2 [[Chronicles]] 9:21 the King James Version; 1 Macc 3:34; 6:28ff; 8:6): [[Possibly]] in Job it is the extinct mammoth. [[See]] [[Behemoth]]; [[Ivory]] . </p> | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15592" /> == | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38882" /> == | |||
<p> (ἐλέφας ) does not occur in the text of the canonical [[Scriptures]] of the A. V., except in the adj. ἐλεφάντινος , "of ivory," [[Revelation]] 18:12. But the animal is believed to be referred to in the [[Hebrew]] שֶׁנְאּהַבִּים, elephant's tooth, i.e., "ivory," 1 Kings 10:22; < </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | |||
<p> A genus of mammals, of which there are two species, the [[Indian]] and the African; the latter attains a greater size, and is hunted for the sake of its tusks, which may weigh as much as 70 lbs.; the former is more intelligent, and easily capable of being domesticated; the white elephant is a variety of this species. </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_31420"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/elephant Elephant from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_50713"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/elephant Elephant from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_66069"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/elephant Elephant from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_3373"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/elephant Elephant from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_3373"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/elephant Elephant from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_15592"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/kitto-s-popular-cyclopedia-of-biblial-literature/elephant Elephant from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_38882"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/elephant Elephant from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72543"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/elephant Elephant from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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