dromedary, mule, swift beast
“Dromedary” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(running). Post camel of the East, usually the one-humped species, as distinguished from the two-humped, or Bactrian, camel (1 Kings 4:28; Isa. 60:6; Jer. 2:23; Mic. 1:13).
“Mule” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Mules not bred in Palestine, but imported
(2 Sam. 13:29; 1 Kings 1:33; 2 Chron. 9:24). Warm springs meant (Gen. 36:24).
“Beast” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
Besides the ordinary use of this word—such as distinguishing all animals from man, (Ex. 9:10; Psa. 36:6); and as specifying quadrupeds from fowls and creeping things, (Gen. 8:19)— the word is used symbolically for the ignorance of man (Psa. 73:22); and for his acting as an irrational creature, that is, without conscience before God. The word is beir, translated “brutish” in (Psa. 94:8; Jer. 10:8,14,21; Jer. 51:17). Great worldly powers, cheyva, θηρίον, having different characters according to the symbolic creature specified, but signifying in each case the absence of all moral connection with God: used by Daniel for the four great kingdoms, (Dan. 7:3-23); and in Revelation 13:1 to Revelation 20:10 for the revived Roman empire and for the Antichrist, God’s executive powers in creation and providence, ζῶον, unhappily translated “beasts” in the A.V. in Revelation 4:6-9, where it should be “living creatures,” as in Ezekiel. See LIVING CREATURES.
“Mule” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
Mule
1. pered. The first reference to this animal is in the time of David: his sons rode upon mules. David had his own mule, upon which Solomon was made to ride when he was proclaimed king. Mules were among the animals that were brought as presents by the nations to Solomon. They were also imported to Tyre. It would appear from Leviticus 19:19 that the Israelites were forbidden to breed them (2 Sam. 13:29; 2 Sam. 18:9; 1 Kings 1:33, 38, 44; 1 Kings 10:25; Psa. 32:9; Isa. 66:20; Ezek. 27:14; Zech. 14:15).
2. rekesh. This was probably a swift horse on which dispatches were sent (Esther 8:10,14). The word is once translated “dromedary” (1 Kings 4:28); and once “swift beast” (Mic. 1:13).
3. yemint. This is acknowledged to be wrongly rendered in the AV; it is translated “hot springs,” by the Revisers and others (Gen. 36:24).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Meaning:
from 7408; a relay of animals on a post-route (as stored up for that purpose); by implication, a courser
KJV Usage:
dromedary, mule, swift beast