A dictionary of the . Lentiles. {Ervum lens.) and others who have eaten it affirmwould be a savory meal for a wearyhunter. Gen. 25:29, 30. The pieceof ground full of lentiles, 2 Sam. 23 :11, is still common in the Holy Land,and the poor not infrequently make len-tiles into bread. Eze. 4 : 9. This pulseis much used in Roman Catholic coun-tries during Lent, and from it the name. Leopard. (Felis leopardus.) of the season is said to be derived. As a crop it is cut and threshed like wheat. LEOPARD (Heb. spotted). In the Bible there is frequent reference tothis fierce animal, which still lur
A dictionary of the . Lentiles. {Ervum lens.) and others who have eaten it affirmwould be a savory meal for a wearyhunter. Gen. 25:29, 30. The pieceof ground full of lentiles, 2 Sam. 23 :11, is still common in the Holy Land,and the poor not infrequently make len-tiles into bread. Eze. 4 : 9. This pulseis much used in Roman Catholic coun-tries during Lent, and from it the name. Leopard. (Felis leopardus.) of the season is said to be derived. As a crop it is cut and threshed like wheat. LEOPARD (Heb. spotted). In the Bible there is frequent reference tothis fierce animal, which still lurksamong the forests of Gilead, the junglesof the Jordan, and more rarely amongthe thickets of Tabor and Carmel. : 23. The local names Nimrim, leop-ard, and Beth-Nimrah, house of theleopard (perhaps) are to be remem-bered. Near the latter place Tristramsaw the fresh footprints of these crea-tures, clear and unmistakable, on themoist ooze. It is the habit of the leop-ard to wait patiently hour after hourthat it may pounce upon cattle. Jer. 5 :6; Hos. 13 : 7. Isa. 11: 6 alludes to itscruelty, and Dan. 7 : 6 to its power. Butit is thought there is reference underthe same name in Hab. 1: 8 to the chee-tah, a similar but smaller animal stillfound in Palestine, the rush of whichupon its prey exceeds in swiftness themotion of any other carnivorous Leprosy is a lo
Size: 2022px × 1235px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublishernp, bookyear1887
