Boar
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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Occurs only in Psalm 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere rendered "swine" (Leviticus 11:7; Deuteronomy 14:8; Proverbs 11:22; Isaiah 65:4; 66:3, 17). The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and accordingly none of these animals were reared, except in the district beyond the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the powers that destroyed the Jewish nation are compared to wild boars and wild beasts of the field.

Noah Webster's Dictionary

(n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia

BOAR

bor (chazir): In lamenting the troubled state of the Jewish nation the Psalmist (Psalm 80:13) says: "The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, and the wild beasts of the field feed on it," with evident reference to Israel's enemies, the Assyrians, etc. The wild boar is abundant in certain parts of Palestine and Syria, especially in the thickets which border the lakes and rivers, as about the Chuleh, the sea of Galilee, the Jordan, and in the deltas of streams flowing into the Dead Sea, as Ghaur-us-Cafiyeh. Several fountains in Lebanon bear the name, `Ain-ul-Chazir, though chazir is not an Arabic word, khanzir being the Arabic for "swine."

See SWINE.

Alfred Ely Day

THREE CHILDREN, SONG OF THE

See SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN.

Multi-Version Concordance

Boar (1 Occurrence)

Psalms 80:13 The boar out of the wood ravages it. The wild animals of the field feed on it. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)




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