Elephant
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Elephant
... in the original Greek word (elephantinos) translated "of ivory" in Revelation
18:12, and in the Hebrew word (shenhabim, meaning "elephant's tooth") rendered ...
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Ivory (13 Occurrences)
... The word habbim is derived from the Sanscrit ibhas, meaning "elephant," preceded
by the Hebrew article (ha); and hence it is argued that Ophir, from which it ...
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Elephantine
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant
(commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine ...
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Maccabees
... young king was riding. He killed the elephant but he was himself crushed
to death by its fall (1 Maccabees 6:43-46). For the further ...
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Volume (4 Occurrences)
... Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic
inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a ...
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Zoology
... Arabian Oryx (sv ANTELOPE), Chamois (2) Cervidae, Roe Deer, Fallow Deer, Red Deer
(sv DEER) (3) Camelidae, Camel PROBOSCIDEA: Elephant HYRACOIDEA: Coney SIRENIA ...
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Needle (4 Occurrences)
... A rabbinical parallel is cited, "an elephant through a needle's eye." Some writers
have attempted to show that rhaphis referred to a small gate of a walled ...
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Trunk (3 Occurrences)
... and legs; the thorax; the truncus. 6. (n.) The proboscis of an elephant.
7. (n.) The proboscis of an insect. 8. (n.) A long tube ...
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Rogue (2 Occurrences)
... of endearment. 4. (n.) An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams
about alone, in which state it is very savage. 5. (n ...
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Eleph (1 Occurrence)

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Greek
1661. elephantinos -- of ivory
... Word Origin from elephas (elephant, ivory) Definition of ivory NASB Word Usage
ivory (1). of ivory. From elephas (an "elephant"); elephantine ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ELEPHANT

el'-e-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; APC 1Macc 3:34; 6:28; 8:6 Possibly in Job it is the extinct mammoth.

See BEHEMOTH; IVORY.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Not found in Scripture except indirectly in the original Greek word (elephantinos) translated "of ivory" in Revelation 18:12, and in the Hebrew word (shenhabim, meaning "elephant's tooth") rendered "ivory" in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a proboscis or trunk, and two large ivory tusks proceeding from the extremity of the upper jaw, and curving upwards. The molar teeth are large and have transverse folds. Elephants are the largest land animals now existing.

2. (n.) Ivory; the tusk of the elephant.

Strong's Hebrew
7161. qeren -- a horn
... An elephant's tooth (ie Ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain),
a ray (of light); figuratively, power -- X hill, horn. see HEBREW qaran. ...
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