Speckled
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( imp. & p. p.) of Speckle
(2): ( a.) Marked or variegated with small spots of a different color from that of the rest of the surface.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [2]
Jeremiah 12:9 (a) As a speckled bird was a subject of attack among other birds, so Israel would be a distasteful and unpleasant people, both toward GOD and toward the nations round about.
King James Dictionary [3]
SPECK'LED, pp. or a. Marked with specks variegated with spots of a different color from the ground or surface of the object as the speckled breast of a bird a speckled serpent.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
is the rendering in the A.V. of three Heb. words, which have very different significations:
1. נָקֹד , Nakod, Spotted, as black goats or sheep with white spots, or vice versa ( Genesis 30:32-33; Genesis 30:35; Genesis 30:39; Genesis 31:8; Genesis 31:10; Genesis 31:12);
2. שָׂרֹק , Sarok, Bay, as reddish horses ( Zechariah 1:8);
3. צָבוּעִ , Tsabua, Striped, as the hyena ( Jeremiah 12:9). (See Color); (See Hyena).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
spek´l ' d : Zechariah 1:8; the Revised Version (British and American) "sorrel." See Colors; Hyena .
