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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Pygarg

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: Yes
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: Yes
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Pygarg

Heb. dishon, "springing", (Deuteronomy 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as "a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.", Tristram's Natural History.


Naves Topical Index
Pygarg

Probably a species of antelope.
Deuteronomy 14:5


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Pygarg

occurs, (14:5) in the list of clean animals as the rendering of the Heb. dishon , the name apparently of one species of antelope, though it is by no means easy to identify it.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Pygarg

PY'GARG

PYG'ARGUS, noun [Gr.] A fowl of the genus Falco, the female of the hen harrier.