(Heb. tsabh). Ranked among the unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Land tortoises are common in Syria. The LXX. renders the word by "land crocodile." The word, however, more probably denotes a lizard, called by the modern Arabs dhabb.
·noun a tortoise-shell cat. II. Tortoise ·noun ·same·as <<Testudo>>, 2. III. Tortoise ·noun Any on...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
(Heb. tsab). The tsab occurs only in (Leviticus 11:29) as the name of some unclean animal. The Hebre...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris