the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Gazelle
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: The Arabian gazelle is a species of gazelle known from the Arabian Peninsula.
Gazelle (Hebr., çebî - Strongs: H6643, i. e. beauty) has been known at all times as one of the most graceful of all animals. Several species still exist in Israel. Its different characteristics, its beauty of form, its swiftness, its timidity, the splendour and meekness of its eye, are in the present time, as well as during the age of the Old Testament writers, the subjects of many comparisons. However, the name of the gazelle is scarcely, if at all, to be found in the Bible; in its stead we read roe, hart, or deer. Like a few other names of graceful and timid animals, the word gazelle has always been in the East a term of endearment in love. It was also a woman's favourite name (1 Chronicles 8:9; 2 Kings 12:1; 2 Chronicles 24:1; Acts 9:36).
Verses:
- Deuteronomy 12:15
- Deuteronomy 12:22
- Deuteronomy 14:5
- Deuteronomy 15:22
- 2 Samuel 2:18
- 1 Kings 4:23
- 1 Chronicles 12:8
- Proverbs 6:5
- Song of Solomon 2:7
- Song of Solomon 2:9
- Song of Solomon 2:17
- Song of Solomon 3:5
- Song of Solomon 4:5
- Song of Solomon 7:3
- Song of Solomon 8:14
- Isaiah 13:14
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/g/gazelle.html. 2024.
