Venison
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) Formerly, the flesh of any of the edible beasts of the chase, also of game birds; now, the flesh of animals of the deer kind exclusively.
(2): ( n.) Beasts of the chase.
King James Dictionary [2]
Venison n. ven'izn, or ven'zn. L. venactio, a hunting, from venor, to hunt.
The flesh of beasts of game, or of such wild animals as are taken in the chase. It is however, in the United States, applied exclusively to the flesh of the deer or cervine genus of animals.
Holman Bible Dictionary [3]
Genesis 25:28
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
ven´i - z ' n , ven´z ' n : Is derived (through the French venaison ) from the Latin venari , "to hunt," and means properly "the spoils of the chase." As, however, the object of the chase, par excellence , was the deer, venison came to mean usually (as it invariably does in modern English) "deer's flesh." But in English Versions of the Bible this technical force seems not to be implied, for "venison" is used only for the two Hebrew words ציר , cayidh ( Genesis 25:28; Genesis 27:5 ff), and צידה , cēdhāh ( Genesis 27:3 ), and both these words (from צוּד , cūdh , "to hunt") mean simply "game" of any kind.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( צִיַד or צֵידָה , Hunting [as often], hence the product of the chase, i.e. food), the flesh of any wild animal ( Genesis 25:28; Genesis 27:3-31). (See Hunting).
