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== | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_115277" /> == | ||
<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" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <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" /> == | == 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 | <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" /> == | ||
Revelation 18:12 1 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21 | |||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15592" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_15592" /> == | ||
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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> ( | <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" /> == | |||
<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> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | ||
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<ref name=" | <ref name="term_115277"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/elephant Elephant from Webster's 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_50713"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/elephant Elephant from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | ||
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<ref name="term_66069"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/elephant Elephant from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | <ref name="term_66069"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/elephant Elephant from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref> | ||
<ref name=" | <ref name="term_31420"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/elephant Elephant from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</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_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_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_3373"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/elephant Elephant from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72543"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/elephant Elephant from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72543"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/elephant Elephant from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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