Africa (1 Occurrence)

...AFRICA. ... Other portions of Africa known to the Hebrews were Cush or Ethiopia, and Put, whose inhabitants they regarded as belonging to the Hamitic stock. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/africa.htm - 10k

Ophir (12 Occurrences)

... Ophir has been a subject of dispute, the claims of three different regions being principally advanced, namely (1) India and the Far East, (2) Africa, (3) Arabia ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ophir.htm - 16k

Leopard (6 Occurrences)

... It is found in Southern Asia and Africa. By some the panther (Felis pardus) is regarded as a variety of leopard. Int. ... some found in Africa or India. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/leopard.htm - 13k

Chameleon (1 Occurrence)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A lizardlike reptile, changeable in appearance, of the genus Chamaeleo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/chameleon.htm - 11k

Cush (31 Occurrences)

... But there are intimations which warrant the conclusion that there was also a Cush in Africa, the Ethiopia (so called by the Greeks) of Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cush.htm - 25k

Zoology

... child shall put his hand on the adder's den." The fauna of Palestine is mainly European and Asiatic, but resembles in some important points the fauna of Africa... biblethesaurus.org/z/zoology.htm - 18k

Camel (13 Occurrences)

... (2.) The Arabian camel or dromedary, from the Greek dromos, "a runner" (Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 2:23), has but one hump, and is a native of Western Asia or Africa... biblethesaurus.org/c/camel.htm - 21k

Nile (37 Occurrences)

... THE NILE IN RELIGION 1. The Nile as a God 2. The Nile in the Osirian Myth 3. The Celestial Nile A river of North Africa, the great river of Egypt. ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nile.htm - 29k

Serpent (40 Occurrences)

... Typhlops vermicularis Merr., Greece and Southwestern Asia; T. simoni Bttgr., Palestine; Eryx jaculus L., Greece, North Africa, Central and Southwestern Asia ... biblethesaurus.org/s/serpent.htm - 46k

Latin (2 Occurrences)

... The Motive of Translation 2. Multiplicity of Latin Translations in the 4th Century 3. The Latin Bible before Jerome 4. First Used in North Africa 5. Cyprian's ... biblethesaurus.org/l/latin.htm - 28k

Tyre (59 Occurrences)

... waters; and they founded their colonies on the coasts and neighbouring islands of the AEgean Sea, in Greece, on the northern coast of Africa, at Carthage and ... biblethesaurus.org/t/tyre.htm - 45k

Lion (92 Occurrences)

... 1. (n.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lion.htm - 46k

Wild (147 Occurrences)

... land. 4. (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America. 5. (superl ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wild.htm - 50k

Fallow-deer (2 Occurrences)

... Some interpreters, however, regard the name as designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the "wild cow" of North Africa, which is about the size of a stag, like ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fallow-deer.htm - 7k

Fallowdeer (1 Occurrence)

... Some interpreters, however, regard the name as designating the bubale, Antelope bubale, the "wild cow" of North Africa, which is about the size of a stag, like ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fallowdeer.htm - 7k

Mediterranean

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Enclosed, or nearly enclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/mediterranean.htm - 11k

Pharaohnecoh

... He also resolved to try whether it was possible to circumnavigate Africa, and, manning his ships with Phoenician sailors, he sent them forth with instructions ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaohnecoh.htm - 11k

Pharaoh-necoh (3 Occurrences)

... He also resolved to try whether it was possible to circumnavigate Africa, and, manning his ships with Phoenician sailors, he sent them forth with instructions ... biblethesaurus.org/p/pharaoh-necoh.htm - 12k

Behemoth (1 Occurrence)

... the description (Job 40:15-24) applies on the whole very well to the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus arnphibius) which inhabits the Nile and other rivers of Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/behemoth.htm - 9k

Cyrene (7 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary A city (now Tripoli) in Upper Libya, North Africa, founded by a colony of Greeks (BC 630). It contained ... biblethesaurus.org/c/cyrene.htm - 13k

Stork (6 Occurrences)

... It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe. ... biblethesaurus.org/s/stork.htm - 14k

Hippopotamus

... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/h/hippopotamus.htm - 7k

Phoenicians

... of Greece. They were more attracted by the lands farther to the West. The greatest of their colonies was in Africa. They occupied ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicians.htm - 38k

Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)

... of Greece. They were more attracted by the lands farther to the West. The greatest of their colonies was in Africa. They occupied ... biblethesaurus.org/p/phoenicia.htm - 40k

Semites

... of the Semites. Various theories of course have been proposed; fancy and surmise have ranged from Africa to Central Asia. (1) The ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semites.htm - 27k

Semitic

... of the Semites. Various theories of course have been proposed; fancy and surmise have ranged from Africa to Central Asia. (1) The ... biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Version

... A Latin version of the Scriptures, called the "Old Latin," which originated in North Africa, was in common use in the time of Tertullian (AD 150). ... biblethesaurus.org/v/version.htm - 37k

Vulgate

... Old Latin versions are found in North Africa as early as the middle of the 3rd century and are found in the texts of Cyprian and Tertullian. ... biblethesaurus.org/v/vulgate.htm - 38k

Fly (33 Occurrences)

... called by the Lord. Poisonous flies exist in many parts of Africa, for instance, the different kinds of tsetse. Hebrews `arob, the ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fly.htm - 26k

Arabia (9 Occurrences)

... Physical Features. 1. The Desert: Although Arabia is considered by geographers as part of the continent of Asia, it belongs in almost every respect to Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Afresh (5 Occurrences)

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After (10866 Occurrences)

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Text (5 Occurrences)

... New Testament readings found in the works of the early Church Fathers, as well as the inscriptions and monumental data in Syria, Asia Minor, Africa, Italy, and ... biblethesaurus.org/t/text.htm - 73k

Empire (8 Occurrences)

... rulers. The western provinces and Africa were overrun by conquering barbarians who set up independent kingdoms on Roman soil. Burgundians ... biblethesaurus.org/e/empire.htm - 80k

Manuscripts

... New Testament readings found in the works of the early Church Fathers, as well as the inscriptions and monumental data in Syria, Asia Minor, Africa, Italy, and ... biblethesaurus.org/m/manuscripts.htm - 39k

Ethiopia (26 Occurrences)

... The invasion of Africa by Islam in the 7th century required 300 years of battle for the preservation of Abyssinian liberty and Christian faith. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopia.htm - 45k

Egypt (596 Occurrences)

... above its western, and into it the drainage of the plateau poured, widening it out so as to form the Nile valley, as the permanent drain of Northeast Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/egypt.htm - 101k

Malefactor (2 Occurrences)

... New Testament readings found in the works of the early Church Fathers, as well as the inscriptions and monumental data in Syria, Asia Minor, Africa, Italy, and ... biblethesaurus.org/m/malefactor.htm - 49k

Dispersion (4 Occurrences)

... From Egypt they spread along the coast of Africa to Cyrene (Acts 2:10) and to Ethiopia (8:27). ... Jews in Italy, Gaul, Spain and North Africa. 25. ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dispersion.htm - 44k

Red (124 Occurrences)

... Easton's Bible Dictionary Red Sea. The sea so called extends along the west coast of Arabia for about 1,400 miles, and separates Asia from Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/red.htm - 77k

Nehelamite (4 Occurrences)

... The Motive of Translation 2. Multiplicity of Latin Translations in the 4th Century 3. The Latin Bible before Jerome 4. First Used in North Africa 5. Cyprian's ... biblethesaurus.org/n/nehelamite.htm - 89k

Quicksands (1 Occurrence)

... On the north coast of Africa were two localities dangerous to sailors, called the Greater and Lesser Syrtis. The former of these is probably here meant. ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quicksands.htm - 7k

Quail (5 Occurrences)

... South. The time was early spring, our April, and the quail were flocking from Africa and spreading in clouds-even to Europe. They ... biblethesaurus.org/q/quail.htm - 13k

Versions

... When, after the rise of Islam, Arabic became the common language of Syria, Egypt and North Africa, translations were made from the Septuagint, from the ... biblethesaurus.org/v/versions.htm - 81k

Ostrich (9 Occurrences)

... (see OWL .). Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. ... biblethesaurus.org/o/ostrich.htm - 18k

Oak (22 Occurrences)

... in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa... biblethesaurus.org/o/oak.htm - 33k

Jungle (4 Occurrences)

... growth of brushwood, grasses, reeds, vines, etc.; an almost impenetrable thicket of trees, canes, and reedy vegetation, as in India, Africa, Australia, and ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jungle.htm - 8k

Jackal (3 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Any one of several species of carnivorous animals inhabiting Africa and Asia, related to the dog and wolf. ... biblethesaurus.org/j/jackal.htm - 15k

Libertines (1 Occurrence)

... Various explanations are given: (a) They were inhabitants of Libertum, a town in Africa proper: an "Episcopus Ecclesiae Catholicae Libertinensis" sat in the ... biblethesaurus.org/l/libertines.htm - 11k

Lud (10 Occurrences)

... (2.) One of the Hamitic tribes descended from Mizraim (Genesis 10:13), a people of Africa (Ezek. 27:10; 30:5), on the west of Egypt. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lud.htm - 13k

Lucius (2 Occurrences)

... His name is Latin, but his birthplace seems to indicate that he was one of the Jews of Cyrene, in North Africa. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LUCIUS (1). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lucius.htm - 9k

Lotus (2 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) The lotus of the lotuseaters, probably a tree found in Northern Africa, Sicily, Portugal, and Spain (Zizyphus Lotus), the fruit of which is mildly sweet ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lotus.htm - 8k

Lubim (4 Occurrences)

... The people so named had their seat in North Africa, West of Egypt (compare Acts 2:10, "the parts of Libya about Cyrene"). See LIBYA. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/lubim.htm - 8k

Libya (4 Occurrences)

... The country of the Ludim (Genesis 10:13), Northern Africa, a large tract lying along the Mediterranean, to the west of Egypt (Acts 2:10). ... biblethesaurus.org/l/libya.htm - 8k

Locust (25 Occurrences)

... of the family Acrididae, allied to the grasshoppers; esp., (Edipoda, / Pachytylus, migratoria, and Acridium perigrinum, of Southern Europe, Asia, and Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/l/locust.htm - 34k

Galbanum (1 Occurrence)

... plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter ... biblethesaurus.org/g/galbanum.htm - 8k

Gazelle (12 Occurrences)

... of the even-toed ruminants. There are more than twenty species of gazelle, all belonging to Asia and Africa. The species found in ... biblethesaurus.org/g/gazelle.htm - 13k

Wood (226 Occurrences)

... It is the wood of the thya (thuia) tree, probably identical with Thuia articulata an evergreen tree growing in North Africa, resembling the cypress, which in ... biblethesaurus.org/w/wood.htm - 42k

Intervene (1 Occurrence)

... 1. (vi) To interfere; to come between, or to be between, persons or things; -- followed by between; as, the Mediterranean intervenes between Europe and Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/i/intervene.htm - 7k

Ferret (1 Occurrence)

... eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/ferret.htm - 11k

Fish (66 Occurrences)

... The most remarkable feature of the fish fauna of the Jordan valley is its relationship to that of the Nile and of East Central Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/f/fish.htm - 38k

Flies (16 Occurrences)

... the tsetse fly, which is fatal to many domestic animals, and Glossina palpalis which transmits the sleeping sickness, are abundant in tropical Africa, but do ... biblethesaurus.org/f/flies.htm - 15k

Thyine

... It is the wood of the thya (thuia) tree, probably identical with Thuia articulata an evergreen tree growing in North Africa, resembling the cypress, which in ... biblethesaurus.org/t/thyine.htm - 7k

Rhinoceros

... Other rhinoceroses are found in India and in equatorial Africa, but it is hardly to be presumed that these animals were meant by the Hebrew writers. ... biblethesaurus.org/r/rhinoceros.htm - 7k

Raven (7 Occurrences)

... A bird of such universal distribution that it is known from Iceland to Japan, all over Asia, Europe and Africa, but almost extinct and not of general ... biblethesaurus.org/r/raven.htm - 14k

Egyptian (35 Occurrences)

... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa. 2. (n.) A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/egyptian.htm - 19k

Ethiopic

... It has been held that the home of the Semites was in Africa; and if that were the case, the people who spoke the Ethiopic language may never have migrated very ... biblethesaurus.org/e/ethiopic.htm - 17k

Elishah (3 Occurrences)

... dyes. On the ground of this latter statement attempts have been made to identify it with Southern Italy or the north of Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/e/elishah.htm - 8k

Desert (322 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) A deserted or forsaken region; a barren tract incapable of supporting population, as the vast sand plains of Asia and Africa are destitute and ... biblethesaurus.org/d/desert.htm - 46k

Dye (1 Occurrence)

... found. Various species of the murex are found today at Haifa (Syria), about the Greek isles and on the North coast of Africa. The ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dye.htm - 15k

Drift (1 Occurrence)

... of forty degrees, by the agency of ice. 11. (n.) In South Africa, a ford in a river. 12. (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for ... biblethesaurus.org/d/drift.htm - 9k

Dyeing

... found. Various species of the murex are found today at Haifa (Syria), about the Greek isles and on the North coast of Africa. The ... biblethesaurus.org/d/dyeing.htm - 14k

Deer (15 Occurrences)

... become very scarce. The fallow deer, Cervus dama, is a native of Northern Africa and countries about the Mediterranean. It is found ... biblethesaurus.org/d/deer.htm - 17k

Manna (19 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/manna.htm - 21k

Myrrh (22 Occurrences)

... This was the gum or viscid white liquid which flows from a tree resembling the acacia, found in Africa and Arabia, the Balsamodendron myrrha of botanists. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/myrrh.htm - 18k

Melons (2 Occurrences)

... to as common in Egypt, and there can be no doubt that the variety indicated is the watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) which is indigenous in tropical Africa. ... biblethesaurus.org/m/melons.htm - 8k

Mizraim (5 Occurrences)

... (2) Ham has sometimes been connected directly with cham, the second son of Noah whose descendants under the name Mitsraim occupied a part of Northeastern Africa... biblethesaurus.org/m/mizraim.htm - 11k

Buffalo (5 Occurrences)

... 2. (n.) A very large and savage species of the same genus (B. Caffer) found in South Africa; -- called also Cape buffalo. 3. (n.) Any species of wild ox. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/buffalo.htm - 8k

Bittern (4 Occurrences)

... It is one of the birds of most ancient history, and as far back as records extend is known to have inhabited Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and America. ... biblethesaurus.org/b/bittern.htm - 14k

Badger (9 Occurrences)

... The dugong of the Indian Ocean and the manatee of the Atlantic and of certain rivers of Africa and South America, are the only living representatives of the ... biblethesaurus.org/b/badger.htm - 14k