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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> | ||
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