Bible Encyclopedia: Rabbit

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Strong's Hebrew

8227. shaphan -- hyrax
... coney; a species of rock-rabbit From saphan; a species of rock-rabbit (from its
hiding), ie Probably the hyrax -- coney. see HEBREW saphan. 8226, 8227. ...
/hebrew/8227.htm - 5k

768. arnebeth -- a hare
... 767, 768. arnebeth. 769 . a hare. Transliteration: arnebeth Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-neh'-beth) Short Definition: rabbit. Word Origin ...
/hebrew/768.htm - 5k

Library

Fun and Mischief. His Little Cousin and the "Gnats. " the Aurora ...
... Thus we escaped a well-merited whipping. About the same time in life my younger
brother and I caught a rabbit and dressed it for breakfast. ...
/.../chapter iv fun and mischief.htm

The Bad Squire
... She watched a long tuft of clover, Where rabbit or hare never ran; For its
black sour haulm covered over The blood of a murdered man. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/the bad squire.htm

August 19, 1894
... rabbits; I do not want to do them any harm, but I tell them gently: "You must keep
your fur glossy, and must not look foolishly about as does a rabbit of the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/therese/story of a soul/xix august 19 1894.htm

To the Rev. A. Brandram
... it. The man placed himself before my horse so as to bar the way, and said
Schophon, which in the Hebrew tongue signifies a rabbit. ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/to the rev a brandram 51.htm

Natural Love.
... And when our small boys are furious when they see the male rabbit kill his young
while the female fights for them, there is in their boyish hearts a pure voice ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xvii natural love.htm

Early School Days
... A rabbit, hopping boldly about in the neglected doorway, stopped suddenly as if
to ask why these people had come to a place that she had chosen for her home ...
/.../byrum/how john became a man/chapter iv early school days.htm

Lessons from Nature
... to human foot, the chamois leaps from ledge to ledge; and away, where human voice
was never heard, the marmot, the mouse, and the rabbit (whichever creature ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/lessons from nature.htm

'As Sodom'
... And, all the while, the monstrous serpent was slowly tightening its folds round
the struggling, helpless rabbit. We have to imagine all the misery. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/as sodom.htm

Wesley's Reasons for his Long Life
... compass. It contains a rabbit-warren, deer, swans, pheasants in abundance,
besides a fishpond and an elegant garden. Variety indeed! ...
/.../wesley/the journal of john wesley/wesleys reasons for his long.htm

On the Animals
... [Cant.2:9]. The antelope is the same as above. The rabbit is one who fears God;
in the psalm: the rocks are a refuges for the hares and the hedgehogs. ...
/.../eucherius/the formulae of st eucherius of lyons/iv on the animals.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries. It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Thesaurus

Rabbit (3 Occurrences)
...Rabbit (3 Occurrences). Leviticus 11:5 and the rabbit, though it is bringing up
the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it 'is' to you; (YLT). ...
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Coney (2 Occurrences)
... It is about the size and color of a rabbit, though clumsier in structure, and without
a tail. ... "Coney" is an obsolete English word for "rabbit.". ...
/c/coney.htm - 12k

Hare (2 Occurrences)
... Since the word "coney," which properly means "rabbit," has been applied to the hyrax,
so, in America at least, the word "rabbit" is widely used for various ...
/h/hare.htm - 12k

Rabbis (1 Occurrence)

/r/rabbis.htm - 6k

Rabbith (1 Occurrence)

/r/rabbith.htm - 7k

Doe (5 Occurrences)
... Also applied to the female of other animals, as the rabbit. See Buck. 2. (n.) A
feat. [Obs.] See Do, n. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DOE. do. See DEER. ...
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Dividing (23 Occurrences)
... 14:7 Only, this ye do not eat, of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing
the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit, for they are ...
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Deer (15 Occurrences)
... There are many examples of this in English, eg panther, coney, rabbit (in America),
locust, adder and many others. Ya`el (including ya`alah) occurs 4 times. ...
/d/deer.htm - 17k

Cud (9 Occurrences)
... 7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who
have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they ...
/c/cud.htm - 11k

Chew (5 Occurrences)
... 7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who
have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they ...
/c/chew.htm - 9k

Bible Concordance

Rabbit (3 Occurrences)

Leviticus 11:5 and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not -- unclean it 'is' to you;
(YLT)

Leviticus 11:6 The hare, because she chews the cud but doesn't part the hoof, she is unclean to you.
(See NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:7 Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of those who have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the rabbit; because they chew the cud but don't part the hoof, they are unclean to you.
(WEB YLT NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Rabbit

Related Terms

Coney (2 Occurrences)

Hare (2 Occurrences)

Rabbis (1 Occurrence)

Rabbith (1 Occurrence)

Doe (5 Occurrences)

Dividing (23 Occurrences)

Deer (15 Occurrences)

Cud (9 Occurrences)

Chew (5 Occurrences)