Bible Dictionary: Beasts: Devoid of Speech

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

2 Peter 2:16
But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbade the madness of the prophet.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Rhetoric and Eloquence
... same means by which they raise themselves above beasts, so much ... on the subject of
the gift of speech and its ... of its truth; for who can be so devoid of sense ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/rhetoric and eloquence.htm

Why Man's Form is Upright; and that Hands were Given Him Because ...
... Of the corporeal, part is entirely devoid of life, and ... like that of dogs and other
carnivorous beasts, projecting through ... proper for the use of speech, so that ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/viii why mans form is.htm

Elegance and Grace
... some particular reason, then it becomes a figure of speech. ... to things, which come
from being devoid of sense ... back the melody, and the fiercest beasts are often ...
/.../kleiser/the training of a public speaker/elegance and grace.htm

Chapter xxxiv
... are condemned too harshly as being utterly devoid of a ... cattle and their possessions
and all their beasts of burden ... The substance of their speech is given in one ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xxxiv.htm

The Creation of Fowl and Water Animals.
... you will find that the soul of beasts is earth. ... veneration for widowhood, even in
these creatures devoid of reason ... think of all those which my speech has left ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily viii the creation of.htm

And Now the Time is Come for us to Proceed to the Demonstration of ...
... has driven from human society like savage beasts that ever ... as dung, breathless,
motionless, bereft of speech, and have ... which has no existence is devoid of that ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xvi and now the.htm

Bit and Bridle: How to Escape Them
... my hearing, as an excuse for a passionate speech, "I could ... likened in Scripture to
many strange beasts, and not ... we are not to imitate creatures devoid of reason ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 37 1891/bit and bridle how to.htm

Excerpts of Theodotus;
... case of a speaker, the stream of speech flows unchecked ... the man of self-control is
devoid of passion ... the Apocalypse, [268] will produce minute beasts, that prey ...
/.../theodotus/excerpts of theodotus/excerpts of theodotus.htm

Book iv Thus Gently Sang the Lady Philosophy with Dignified Mien ...
... to the good, while the wicked are devoid of all ... Naught is left the same, speech and
form are gone ... and, in the attributes of their souls, are changed to beasts. ...
/.../boethius/the consolation of philosophy/book iv thus gently sang.htm

The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables ...
... the cougher, from keluttein, which in their speech signifies to ... of your life"a life
in reality devoid of life ... For if they are beasts, they are not adulterous ...
/.../clement/exhortation to the heathen/chapter ii the absurdity and impiety.htm