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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(animal). A beautiful fleet animal, probably the
roe
-
deer
of Western
Asia
; but associated with antelope and gazelle (
2 Sam. 2:18
18
And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. (2 Samuel 2:18)
;
1 Chron. 12:8
8
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; (1 Chronicles 12:8)
;
Song of Sol. 2:17; 8:14
17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Solomon 2:17)
14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Solomon 8:14)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The word
tsebi
is supposed to refer to some species of the gazelle. In the Levitical economy it was ranked with the clean animals (
Deut. 12:15,22
15
Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. (Deuteronomy 12:15)
22
Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. (Deuteronomy 12:22)
). The gazelle is graceful and elegant:
three
times
in the
Song of
Solomon
the
bride
compares the
bridegroom
to a roe; and the bridegroom compares the
breasts
of the bride to two young roes (
Song of Sol. 2:7,9,17
7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. (Song of Solomon 2:7)
9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. (Song of Solomon 2:9)
17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. (Song of Solomon 2:17)
;
Song of Sol. 3:5
5
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. (Song of Solomon 3:5)
;
Song of Sol. 4:5
5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. (Song of Solomon 4:5)
;
Song of Sol. 7:3
3
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. (Song of Solomon 7:3)
;
Song of Sol. 8:14
14
Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. (Song of Solomon 8:14)
). The
Gazella
dorcas
and
Gazella Arabica
are found in
Syria
. The Arabs hunt them by a falcon and a
greyhound
. Repeated attacks upon the
head
of the gazelle by the bird bewilder it, so that it becomes a prey to the hound, which is trained for the purpose. Others are caught in pits, to which they are driven by the hunters.
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Mountain Gazelle—
Israel
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6646
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
tsbiyah
Phonic:
tseb-ee-yaw’
Meaning:
feminine of
6643
; a female gazelle
KJV Usage:
roe
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