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Wild bees are said to live not only in rocks [Ps. lxxx (Hebr., lxxxi), 17], but in hollow trees (1 Samuel 14:25), even in dried carcasses (Judges 14:8). Syrian and Egyptian hives are made of a mash of clay and straw for coolness. In Old Testament times, honey was an article of export (Genesis 43:11; Ezekiel 27:17). Bees are spoken of in Bible ...
Alukah (Hebrew: עֲלוּקָה, romanized: ‘ăluqā) is a feminine Hebrew word that means "horse-leech", a type of leech with many teeth that feeds on the throats of animals. [1] According to some biblical scholars, alukah can mean "blood-lusting monster" or vampire. [citation needed] Alukah is first referred to in Proverbs 30:15 in the ...
The locations, lands, and nations mentioned in the Bible are not all listed here. Some locations might appear twice, each time under a different name. Only places having their own Wikipedia articles are included. See also the list of minor biblical places for locations which do not have their own Wikipedia article.
The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War [4] (he is often pictured holding a sword upwards as though ready for battle) [31] or mass slaughter. [2] [9] [32] His horse's colour is red (πυρρός, purrhós from πῦρ, fire), and in some translations, the colour
In the New Testament book of Revelation 4:6–8, four living beings (Greek: ζῷον, zōion) [5] are seen in John's vision. These appear as a lion, an ox, a man, and an eagle, much as in Ezekiel but in a different order.
The Horses of Neptune, illustration by Walter Crane, 1893.. Horse symbolism is the study of the representation of the horse in mythology, religion, folklore, art, literature and psychoanalysis as a symbol, in its capacity to designate, to signify an abstract concept, beyond the physical reality of the quadruped animal.
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Third Seal: A black horse appears, whose rider has "a pair of balances in his hand", where a voice then says, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine." (6:5–6) Fourth Seal: A pale horse appears, whose rider is Death, and Hades follows him. Death is granted a ...