Difference between revisions of "Elephant"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50713" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50713" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> ELEPHANT </strong> . Job 40:16 AVm [Note: | <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" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3373" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3373" /> == | ||
<p> '''''el´ē̇''''' -'''''fant''''' ( Job 40:15 the King James Version margin, the | <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> | ||
== 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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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72543" /> == | ||
<p> A genus of mammals, of which there are two species, the | <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> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Revision as of 07:48, 12 October 2021
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Revelation 18:121 Kings 10:22 2 Chronicles 9:21
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
ELEPHANT . 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 ( e.g. 1Ma 3:34; 1Ma 6:30; 1Ma 8:6; 1Ma 11:56 , 2Ma 11:4; 2Ma 13:15 ). See also Ivory.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [3]
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.
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(1):
(n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.
(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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
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 .
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [6]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
(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; <
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [8]
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.
References
- ↑ Elephant from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Elephant from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Elephant from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Elephant from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Elephant from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- ↑ Elephant from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
- ↑ Elephant from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Elephant from The Nuttall Encyclopedia
