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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Male red deer (stag or hart)
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Comments: Female red deer (hind)
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Comments: For most types of deer in modern English usage, the male is called a "buck" and the female is termed a "doe", but the terms vary with dialect, and especially according to the size of the species. For many larger deer the male is termed a "stag", while for other larger deer the same words are used as for cattle: "bull" and "cow". The male red deer is a "hart", especially if more than five years old, and the female is a "hind", especially if three or more years old; both terms can also be used for any species of deer, and were widely so used in the past. Terms for young deer vary similarly, with that of most smaller species being called a "fawn" and that of most larger species "calf"; young of the smallest kinds may be a kid. A castrated male deer is a "havier". A group of deer of any kind is a "herd". The adjective of relation pertaining to deer is cervine; like the family name "Cervidae", this is from Latin: cervus, "deer".
Hart and hind — Either the fallow-deer, still occasionally found in the Holy Land, or the red deer, now extinct, or the deer generally. It has afforded many illustrations to time biblical writers and poets, especially by its fleetness (Song of Songs 2:9; Isaiah 35:6), its sure-footedness [Ps. 18:33; Hab. 3:19], its affection (Proverbs 5:19), and its habit of hiding its young (Job 39:1).
Verses:
- Genesis 49:21
- Deuteronomy 12:15
- Deuteronomy 12:22
- Deuteronomy 14:5
- Deuteronomy 15:22
- 2 Samuel 22:34
- 1 Kings 4:23
- Job 39:1
- Psalms 18:33
- Psalms 22:1
- Psalms 29:9
- Psalms 42:1
- Proverbs 5:19
- Song of Solomon 2:7
- Song of Solomon 2:9
- Song of Solomon 2:17
- Song of Solomon 3:5
- Song of Solomon 8:14
- Isaiah 35:6
- Jeremiah 14:5
- Lamentations 1:6
- Habakkuk 3:19
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Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/apo/h/hart.html. 2024.
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