Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The hindmost appendage of an animal Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia TAIL tal ('alyah; zanabh; oura): The broad tail of the Syrian sheep, wrongly rendered "rump" (which see) in the King James Version, is mentioned as one of the portions of sacrifice which was burned on the altar as a sweet savor to God (Exodus 29:22). The 2nd Hebrew word is used of the tails of serpents (Exodus 4:4), of foxes, which Samson tied together in his cruel sport, in order to destroy the grainfields of the Philistines by means of attached firebrands (Judges 15:4, etc.). The following seems to be an allusion to this incident: "Fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah" (Isaiah 7:4). Figurative: "Tail" = inferiority, as opposed to "head" = superiority, leadership. "Yahweh will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Yahweh" (Deuteronomy 28:13; compare also 28:44). In the New Testament we find oura used of the apocalyptic animals, scorpions, horses, and the dragon (Revelation 9:10, 19; Revelation 12:4). H. L. E. Luering

Multi-Version Concordance Tail (16 Occurrences) Revelation 12:4 His tail drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Exodus 4:4 Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Exodus 29:22 Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 3:9 He shall offer from the sacrifice of peace offerings an offering made by fire to Yahweh; its fat, the entire tail fat, he shall take away close to the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 7:3 He shall offer all of its fat: the fat tail, and the fat that covers the innards, (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 8:25 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh; (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 9:19 and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver: (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV) Deuteronomy 28:13 Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them, (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Deuteronomy 28:44 He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Judges 15:4 Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between every two tails. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Samuel 9:24 And the cook took up the leg with the fat tail on it, and put it before Saul. And Samuel said, This is the part which has been kept for you: take it as your part of the feast; because it has been kept for you till the right time came and till the guests were present. So that day Saul took food with Samuel. (BBE) Job 40:17 He moves his tail like a cedar. The sinews of his thighs are knit together. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 9:14 Therefore Yahweh will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 9:15 The elder and the honorable man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Isaiah 19:15 Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Ezekiel 24:4 And get the bits together, the fat tail, every good part, the leg and the top part of it: make it full of the best bones. (BBE)