Mouse (Easton)

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Heb. 'akhbar, 'swift digger'), properly the dormouse, the field-mouse (1 Samuel 6:4 ). In Leviticus 11:29 , Isaiah 66:17 this word is used generically, and includes the jerboa (Mus jaculus), rat, hamster (Cricetus), which, though declared to be unclean animals, were eaten by the Arabs, and are still"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Tired of seeing ads while studying? Now you can enjoy an "Ads Free" version of the site for as little as 10¢ a day and support a great cause! Click here to learn more! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter M Bible Dictionaries Mouse Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Mourn Next Entry Mowing Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Mouse Thompson Chain Reference Mouse Dictionaries American Tract Society Mouse Easton's Bible Dictionary Mouse Fausset Bible Dictionary Mouse Holman Bible Dictionary Mouse Hastings' BibleDictionary Mouse King James Dictionary Mouse Morrish Bible Dictionary Mouse People's Bible Dictionary Mouse Smith Bible Dictionary Mouse Webster Dictionary Sea Mouse Mousing Moused (only first 3 shown) Watson's Theological Dictionary Mouse Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Field-Mouse Jumping-Mouse Mouse (only first 3 shown) International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Mouse; Mice Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Mouse McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Mouse The Jewish Encyclopedia Mouse Lexicons עַכְבָּר Heb. 'akhbar, "swift digger"), properly the dormouse, the field-mouse ( 1 Samuel 6:4 ). In Leviticus 11:29 , Isaiah 66:17 this word is used generically, and includes the jerboa (Mus jaculus), rat, hamster (Cricetus), which, though declared to be unclean animals, were eaten by the Arabs, and are still eaten by the Bedouins. It is said that no fewer than twenty-three species of this group ('akhbar=Arab. ferah) of animals inhabit Palestine. God "laid waste" the people of Ashdod by the terrible visitation of field-mice, which are like locusts in their destructive effects ( 1 Samuel 6:4,11,18 ). Herodotus, the Greek historian, accounts for the destruction of the army of Sennacherib ( 2 Kings 19:35 ) by saying that in the night thousands of mice invaded the camp and gnawed through the bow-strings, quivers, and shields, and thus left the Assyrians helpless. (See SENNACHERIB .)

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