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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A piggin.

2. (n.) The young of swine, male or female; also, any swine; a hog.

3. (n.) Any wild species of the genus Sus and related genera.

4. (n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig, under Mine.

5. (n.) One who is hoggish; a greedy person.

6. (v. t. & i.) To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

7. (v. t. & i.) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.

Greek

3374. melote -- a sheepskin
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: melote Phonetic Spelling: (may-lo-tay') Short
Definition: a sheepskin Definition: a sheep's (sometimes pig's) hide, sheepskin. ...
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779. askos -- a leather bottle, wineskin
... leather. In Spanish means a , a , and a . In Spain wine is still brought
to market in pig-skins" (M. Vincent). Word Origin a prim. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6292. piggul -- foul thing, refuse
... 6291, 6292. piggul. 6293 . foul thing, refuse. Transliteration: piggul
Phonetic Spelling: (pig-gool') Short Definition: offense. ...
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2386. chazir -- swine, boar
... swine's. Word Origin from an unused word Definition swine, boar NASB Word
Usage boar (1), pig (2), swine's (4). boar, swine. From ...
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Library

How Brother Juniper Cut Off the Foot of a Pig to Give it to a Sick ...
... PART TWO. HERE BEGINNETH THE LIFE OF BROTHER JUNIPER CHAPTER I HOW BROTHER JUNIPER
CUT OFF THE FOOT OF A PIG TO GIVE IT TO A SICK BROTHER. ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter i how brother juniper.htm

As to Your Charge of Perjury, Since You Refer Me to Your Book; and ...
... or what another man had been dreaming? or how the Greek proverb was having
its fulfilment in your case, "the pig teaches Minerva"? ...
/.../32 as to your charge.htm

Gifts to the Prodigal
... There he stood, ragged, with the stain of travel and the stench of the pig-sty upon
his garments, some of them, no doubt, remains of the tawdry finery that he ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/gifts to the prodigal.htm

Disclosure of the Monstrous Tenets of the Manichæans.
... A young pig roasted (for your ideas on this subject force us to discuss good and
evil with you as if you were cooks and confectioners, instead of men of ...
/.../chapter 16 name of the 2.htm

It is Said that on a Recent Occasion Where the Letters of ...
... I am afraid that, according to the old proverbs, I might be like the pig
teaching Minerva, and the man carrying fagots into the wood. ...
/.../14 it is said that.htm

Faustus Avows his Disbelief in the Old Testament and his Disregard ...
... For instance, a pig and a lamb are both clean in their nature, for every creature
of God is good; but symbolically, a lamb is clean, and a pig unclean. ...
/.../faustus avows his disbelief in.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... however, we speak of bodily uncleanness, consisting in some kind of corruption,
the flesh of certain animals is unclean, either because like the pig they feed ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Great Furnace for a Great Soul
... see earrings dangling from your boy's ears to make him think he sees a girl, or
if you call the child by some such name as "puppy," "little pig," "kitten," or ...
/.../cable/the fulfilment of a dream of pastor hsis/chapter xi the great furnace.htm

A Fish-Story
... When, however, they came to places like these, his father would take him pig-a-back
and carry him along, and then the boy would fish with his rod resting on ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/a fish-story.htm

Spiritual Farming. --No. 3 Cultivation.
... it to be said "The sinners in Zion are afraid, tearfulness hath surprised
the hypocrites.". BETTER FEED A FAT PIG THAN A PUBLICAN. ...
/.../champness/broken bread/x spiritual farming no 3 cultivation.htm

Thesaurus

Pig (4 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) An oblong mass of cast iron, lead, or other metal. See Mine pig,
under Mine. ... Multi-Version Concordance Pig (4 Occurrences). ...
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Pig's (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Pig's (4 Occurrences). Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring
in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. (WEB NIV). ...
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Pigs (18 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:4 Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in
the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of ...
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Cud (9 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed,
but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you. (WEB ...
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Chew (5 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed,
but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you. (WEB ...
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Swine (15 Occurrences)
... lard. The male is specifically called boar, the female, sow, and the young,
pig. See Hog. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SWINE. ...
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Split (36 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Leviticus 11:7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed,
but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you. (WEB DBY NAS NIV). ...
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Hoof (11 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 11:7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed,
but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you. (WEB ...
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Pihahiroth (4 Occurrences)

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Disgusting (149 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 65:4 Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in
the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of ...
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Bible Concordance

Pig (4 Occurrences)

2 Peter 2:22 They are an example of that true saying, The dog has gone back to the food it had put out, and the pig which had been washed to its rolling in the dirty earth.
(BBE)

Leviticus 11:7 The pig, because he has a split hoof, and is cloven-footed, but doesn't chew the cud, he is unclean to you.
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 14:8 The pig, because it has a split hoof but doesn't chew the cud, is unclean to you: of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch.
(WEB BBE NAS NIV)

Proverbs 11:22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
(WEB BBE NIV)

Subtopics

Pig

Related Terms

Pig's (4 Occurrences)

Pigs (18 Occurrences)

Cud (9 Occurrences)

Chew (5 Occurrences)

Swine (15 Occurrences)

Split (36 Occurrences)

Hoof (11 Occurrences)

Pihahiroth (4 Occurrences)