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Tortoise
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
TORTOISE ( tsâb , Leviticus 11:29 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘great lizard’). Several kinds of land and water tortoises are common in the Holy Land, but here the reference is probably to some kind of lizard. See Lizard.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Tortoise'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​t/tortoise.html. 1909.