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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(ground
lion
). A species of
lizard
, arboreal in habit. But
the word
thus translated implies a
frog
(
Lev. 11:30
30
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The
Hebrew
word is
koach
(
Lev. 11:30
30
And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. (Leviticus 11:30)
), and is thought to refer to a species of
lizard
.
There
are chameleons in
Palestine
, but
they
are unfit
for
food, whereas the lizards are eaten. The lizard was classed among the
unclean
animals
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