Pygarg
Bible Usage:
- pygarg used once.
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 14:5
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:
- H1788 Used 1 time
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.
Bible Usage:
- pygarg used once.
- Bible Reference: Deuteronomy 14:5
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:
- H1788 Used 1 time