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Weasel

(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H2467, G6714
Hebrew
חֹ֫לֶד · chôled
Greek
γαλῆ · galē

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

γαλῆ

G6714
Transliteration
galē
Part of speech
G:N-F
Indexed occurrences
0

Glosses

weasel

Lexicon definition

weasel

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חֹלֶד

H2467
Transliteration
chôled
Pronunciation
kho'-led
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

weasel.

Lexicon definition

a weasel (from its gliding motion)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Weasel

(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason, however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe are common also in Palestine.

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

WEASEL

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for WEASEL.

Indexed references: 1

Scripture references:
Leviticus 11:29

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WEASEL

Nave’s Topical Bible references for WEASEL.

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Dictionary

Mole

Heb. tinshameth (Lev. 11:30), probably signifies some species of lizard (rendered in R.V., "chameleon"). In Lev. 11:18, Deut. 14:16, it is rendered, in Authorized Version, "swan" (R.V., "horned owl"). The Heb. holed (Lev. 11:29), rendered "weasel," was probably the mole-rat. The true mole (Talpa Europoea) is not found in Palestine. The mole-rat (Spalax typhlus) "is twice the size of our mole, with no external eyes, and with only faint traces within of the rudimentary organ; no apparent ears, but, like the mole, with great internal organs of hearing; a strong, bare snout, and with large gnawing teeth; its colour a pale slate; its feet short, and provided with strong nails; its tail only rudimentary." In Isa. 2:20, this word is the rendering of two words _haphar peroth_, which are rendered by Gesenius "into the digging of rats", i.e., rats' holes. But these two Hebrew words ought probably to be combined into one (lahporperoth) and translated "to the moles", i.e., the rat-moles. This animal "lives in underground communities, making large subterranean chambers for its young and for storehouses, with many runs connected with them, and is decidedly partial to the loose debris among ruins and stone-heaps, where it can form its chambers with least trouble."

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Weasel

(Heb. holedh), enumerated among unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Some think that this Hebrew word rather denotes the mole (Spalax typhlus) common in Palestine. There is no sufficient reason, however, to depart from the usual translation. The weasel tribe are common also in Palestine.

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Leviticus 1

Leviticus 11:29

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