Bible Dictionary: Animals: Food of

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Greek

4967. sphage -- slaughter
... slaughter. From sphazo; butchery (of animals for food or sacrifice, or (figuratively)
of men (destruction)) -- slaughter. see GREEK sphazo. ...
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3551. nomos -- that which is assigned, hence usage, law
... From a primary nemo (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law
(through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially ...
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Genesis 1:30
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
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Library

Whether the Semen is Produced from Surplus Food?
... A sign of this, according to the Philosopher, is that animals of great size, which
require much food, have little semen in proportion to the size of their ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the semen is produced.htm

Argument. --He First of all Asserts that the Law is Spiritual; and ...
... Are the animals therefore unclean? But what else is it to say that they are not
clean, than that the law has separated them from the uses of food? ...
/.../novatian/on the jewish meats/chapter ii argument he first of.htm

Argument. --And Thus Unclean Animals are not to be Reproached ...
... In the animals it is the characters, and doings, and wills of men that are depicted. ...
chew the cud; that is, if they ever have in their mouth as food the divine ...
/.../novatian/on the jewish meats/chapter iii argument and thus unclean.htm

Whether Adam in the State of Innocence had Mastership Over the ...
... falcon. Nor does Bede's gloss on Gn.1:30, say that trees and herbs were
given as food to all animals and birds, but to some. Thus ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether adam in the state 2.htm

Jesus is Born in Bethlehem
... Christ was born. Mary wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laid Him in
the manger in the place where the animals' food was kept. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/anonymous/the good shepherd/chapter ii jesus is born.htm

The Creation of Terrestrial Animals.
... True tyrant of animals, he, in his natural arrogance, admits but few to share his
honours. He disdains his yesterday's food and never returns to the remains of ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily ix the creation of.htm

Whether it is Unlawful to Kill any Living Thing?
... Now the most necessary use would seem to consist in the fact that animals use plants,
and men use animals, for food, and this cannot be done unless these be ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is unlawful to 2.htm

Whether Some Part of the Food is Changed into True Human Nature?
... human body can only be the result of the food being changed into the true human
nature. Fourthly, because, since man does not differ from animals and plants in ...
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Of the Ark and the Deluge, and that we Cannot Agree with those who ...
... suited all. For we know how many animals whose food is flesh eat also vegetable
products and fruits, especially figs and chestnuts. ...
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For that which is Offered to Idols is Sacrificed to Demons...
... along with us. And the reason which forbids the use of strangled animals
for food is also applicable to the use of blood. And it may ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxx for that which.htm

Subtopics

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Animals: Belong to God

Animals: Clean and Unclean

Animals: Creations of

Animals: Cruelty to Balaam

Animals: Cruelty to Houghing Horses

Animals: Facts About Breeding

Animals: Food of

Animals: God's Care of