Bible Dictionaries
Peacock
Holman Bible Dictionary
A male of any of several species of large pheasants, native to southeastern Asia and the East Indies, which are raised as ornamental birds. KJV translated two Hebrew words as peacock. Modern translations replaced peacock with ostrich at Job 39:13 . NAS, NRSV read peacock with KJV at 1 Kings 10:22; 2 Chronicles 9:21 . Other translations read monkey (REB, RSV) or baboon (NIV, NRSV margin).
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Peacock'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/p/peacock.html. 1991.