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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Bear
Thompson Chain Reference
• Cross-Bearing
• Bears
The Topic Concordance
• Bearing Fruit
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Bear, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Bear
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Bear
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Bear
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Bear
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Bear
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Cross, Cross-Bearing
King James Dictionary
• Bearing
• Bear
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Bear
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Bear
People's Bible Dictionary
• Bear
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Bear
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Beget, Bear, Born
• Bear (2)
• Bear
• Bear
Wilson's Bible Types
• Bear
Webster Dictionary
• Sea Bear
• Rush-Bearing
• Roller Bearing
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Bear
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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• Bear-Baiting and Bull-Baiting
• Bear-Leader
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Bear
• Bear, the (Arcturus)
• Bear; Born
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Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Bear
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Bear
• Bear, Charles W.
• Bear, Jacob
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Albert the Bear
• Bear
• Bear, Great
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The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Philip O'Sullivan Beare
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Bear
• Monuments in Their Bearing On Biblical Exegesis
Lexicons
• ܕ݁ܶܒ݁ܳܐ
• ܛܥܶܢ
• ܝܺܠܶܕ݂
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Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Sin Bearing
• αἴρω
• ἀναφέρω
• ἀνέχομαι
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• אָשַׁם
• בָּכַר
• בָּשַׂר
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Bear. Proverbs 17:12. The Syrian bear seems but a variety of the brown bear of Europe and Asia, though it is much lighter in color. Its food is seeds, fruits, and roots, to which it occasionally adds a goat or sheep.