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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101081" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) [[Anything]] resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) To rail at; to scold. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails. </p> | |||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50161" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50161" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> CLAW </strong> . In Daniel 4:33 ‘claw’ means a bird’s claw; but in Deuteronomy 14:6 and Zechariah 11:16 it has the obsolete meaning of an animal’s hoof. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_32702" /> == | |||
<p> ( '''''פִּרְסָה''''' , ''Parsah', Cleft,'' i.e. cloven foot), prop. a [[Hoof]] (as usually rendered) of a bifurcated animal ( Exodus 10:26; Micah 4:13; Ezekiel 32:11), or of a solid-footed quadruped (e.g. a horse, Isaiah 5:28; Jeremiah 47:3); hence for the distinctive mark of a clean (q.v.) creature ("claw," Deuteronomy 14:16), or the sharp weapons of a beast of prey ("claw," Zechariah 11:16), or the talons of a predatory bird ("claw," Daniel 4:33). In one passage ( Psalms 10:10) the powerful, clawed paw of a lion (q.v.) is poetically denoted by the term '''''עֲציּמים''''' , ''"Strong'' ones," </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2441" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2441" /> == | ||
''''' klô ''''' פרסה <i> ''''' parṣāh ''''' </i> Deuteronomy 14:6[[Chew]][[Cud]] Zechariah 11:16 Daniel 4:33 | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
<references> | <references> | ||
<ref name="term_101081"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/claw Claw from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_50161"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/claw Claw from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_32702"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/claw Claw from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2441"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/claw Claw from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 15:21, 14 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.
(2): (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.
(3): (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.
(4): (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.
(5): (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.
(6): (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.
(7): (n.) To rail at; to scold.
(8): (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
CLAW . In Daniel 4:33 ‘claw’ means a bird’s claw; but in Deuteronomy 14:6 and Zechariah 11:16 it has the obsolete meaning of an animal’s hoof.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
( פִּרְסָה , Parsah', Cleft, i.e. cloven foot), prop. a Hoof (as usually rendered) of a bifurcated animal ( Exodus 10:26; Micah 4:13; Ezekiel 32:11), or of a solid-footed quadruped (e.g. a horse, Isaiah 5:28; Jeremiah 47:3); hence for the distinctive mark of a clean (q.v.) creature ("claw," Deuteronomy 14:16), or the sharp weapons of a beast of prey ("claw," Zechariah 11:16), or the talons of a predatory bird ("claw," Daniel 4:33). In one passage ( Psalms 10:10) the powerful, clawed paw of a lion (q.v.) is poetically denoted by the term עֲציּמים , "Strong ones,"
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
klô פרסה parṣāh Deuteronomy 14:6ChewCud Zechariah 11:16 Daniel 4:33
