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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_115277" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_115277" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, [[Elephas]] Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50713" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50713" /> == | ||
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66069" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_66069" /> == | ||
<p> This is found only in the margin of the | <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> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31420" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_31420" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_38882" /> == | == 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 | <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> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3373" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3373" /> == | ||
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | ||
<p> | <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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