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el´ē̇ -fant ( Job 40:15 the King James Version margin, the American Revised Version, margin "hippopotamus," the Revised Version (British and American) "ivory"); 1 Kings 10:22 the King James Version margin; 2 Chronicles 9:21 the King James Version; 1 Macc 3:34; 6:28ff; 8:6): Possibly in Job it is the extinct mammoth. See BEHEMOTH; IVORY .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Elephant'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​e/elephant.html. 1915.
 
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