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Bat

Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Comments: Common Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) flying in Israel

 

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Comments: Grey headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) flies past after skimming a lake in Brisbane's Roma Street Parkland

 

Bat — The bat (עֲטַלֵּף ‘ăṭallêf - Strongs: H5847), fourteen species of which still exist in Israel is reckoned among unclean "winged things" (Leviticus 11:19; Deuteronomy 14:18). Its abode is generally in dark and desolate places such as ruins and caverns.

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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​b/bat.html. 2024.