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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66466" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66466" /> == | ||
<p> Leeches are abundant in Palestine, and the horseleech may simply refer to a large species that would settle on a horse's foot if placed in the water where they abound. A horse has been known, in drinking, to get a leech into its mouth, which immediately began to suck its blood. The leech is used symbolically of a rapacious person, who is never satisfied, graphically delineated by the leech's two daughters, who say, 'Give, give.' Proverbs 30:15 . </p> | <p> Leeches are abundant in Palestine, and the horseleech may simply refer to a large species that would settle on a horse's foot if placed in the water where they abound. A horse has been known, in drinking, to get a leech into its mouth, which immediately began to suck its blood. The leech is used symbolically of a rapacious person, who is never satisfied, graphically delineated by the leech's two daughters, who say, 'Give, give.' Proverbs 30:15 . </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16270" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16270" /> == | ||
<p> The bloodsucker, a well-known water-worm; an apt emblem of avarice and rapacity, Proverbs 30:15 . Cicero speaks of the horseleeches of the public treasury at Rome. </p> | <p> The bloodsucker, a well-known water-worm; an apt emblem of avarice and rapacity, Proverbs 30:15 . Cicero speaks of the horseleeches of the public treasury at Rome. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 17:02, 12 October 2021
Morrish Bible Dictionary [1]
Leeches are abundant in Palestine, and the horseleech may simply refer to a large species that would settle on a horse's foot if placed in the water where they abound. A horse has been known, in drinking, to get a leech into its mouth, which immediately began to suck its blood. The leech is used symbolically of a rapacious person, who is never satisfied, graphically delineated by the leech's two daughters, who say, 'Give, give.' Proverbs 30:15 .
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [2]
The bloodsucker, a well-known water-worm; an apt emblem of avarice and rapacity, Proverbs 30:15 . Cicero speaks of the horseleeches of the public treasury at Rome.
