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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159522" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_159522" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); - often so called by sailors. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53252" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53252" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7316" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_7316" /> == | ||
<p> ''''' pôr´pus ''''' (the Revised Version margin has "porpoise-skin" for תּחשׁ עור , <i> ''''' ‛ōr ''''' </i> <i> ''''' taḥash ''''' </i> , the Revised Version (British and American) "sealskin," the King James Version "badgers' skins" ( Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14; Exodus 35:7 , Exodus 35:23; Exodus 36:19; Exodus 39:34; Numbers 4:6 , Numbers 4:8 , Numbers 4:10 , Numbers 4:11 , Numbers 4:12 , Numbers 4:14 , Numbers 4:25; Ezekiel 16:10 )): The word denotes leather used in the furnishings of the tabernacle (for shoes in Ezekiel 16:10 ), and was probably the skin of the dugong, <i> Halichore dugong </i> , Arabic <i> '''''tukhas''''' </i> , which is found in the Red Sea. See [[Badger]] . </p> | <p> ''''' pôr´pus ''''' (the Revised Version margin has "porpoise-skin" for תּחשׁ עור , <i> ''''' ‛ōr ''''' </i> <i> ''''' taḥash ''''' </i> , the Revised Version (British and American) "sealskin," the King James Version "badgers' skins" ( Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14; Exodus 35:7 , Exodus 35:23; Exodus 36:19; Exodus 39:34; Numbers 4:6 , Numbers 4:8 , Numbers 4:10 , Numbers 4:11 , Numbers 4:12 , Numbers 4:14 , Numbers 4:25; Ezekiel 16:10 )): The word denotes leather used in the furnishings of the tabernacle (for shoes in Ezekiel 16:10 ), and was probably the skin of the dugong, <i> Halichore dugong </i> , Arabic <i> ''''' tukhas ''''' </i> , which is found in the Red Sea. See [[Badger]] . </p> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phocaena, especially P. communis, or P. phocaena, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.
(2): ( n.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); - often so called by sailors.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Porpoise . Exodus 25:5 , Ezekiel 16:10 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] . See Badgers’ Skins.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
pôr´pus (the Revised Version margin has "porpoise-skin" for תּחשׁ עור , ‛ōr taḥash , the Revised Version (British and American) "sealskin," the King James Version "badgers' skins" ( Exodus 25:5; Exodus 26:14; Exodus 35:7 , Exodus 35:23; Exodus 36:19; Exodus 39:34; Numbers 4:6 , Numbers 4:8 , Numbers 4:10 , Numbers 4:11 , Numbers 4:12 , Numbers 4:14 , Numbers 4:25; Ezekiel 16:10 )): The word denotes leather used in the furnishings of the tabernacle (for shoes in Ezekiel 16:10 ), and was probably the skin of the dugong, Halichore dugong , Arabic tukhas , which is found in the Red Sea. See Badger .
