Swine (Easton)
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(Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals ( Leviticus 11:7 ; Isaiah 65:4 ; 66:3,17 ; Luke 15:15,16 ). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee ( Luke 8:32,33 ). Spoken of figuratively in Matthew 7:6 (see Proverbs 11:22 ). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley ( Psalm 80:13 ).
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source-manifest/easton— Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)