Bible Dictionaries
Swan

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Swallow

Next Entry
Swearing

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Swan
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Swan
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Swan
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Swan
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Swan
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Swan
King James Dictionary
• Swan
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Swan
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Swan
Webster Dictionary
• Swans-Down
• Swan-Upping
• Swan-Hopping
•   (only first 3 shown)
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Swan
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• John MacAllan Swan
• Sir Joseph Wilson Swan
• Swan
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Swan
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Plumer, William Swan, D.D., LL.D.
• Pomeroy, Swan Lyman, D.D.
• Swan
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Dircæan Swan
• Mantuan Swan
• Swan of Avon
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Order of the Swan
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Swan
Lexicons
• תִּנְשֶׁמֶת , תִּנְשֶׁמֶת

This bird is mentioned only in Leviticus 11:18 Deuteronomy 14:16; and it is there quite doubtful whether the Hebrew word means a swan. The Septuagint calls it the ibis, and the purple hen, a waterfowl.