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Start Your Search     Choose a letter from below to display alphabetical list: A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z       Printer friendly version   Previous Next Beans Bear, the (arcturus)   Additional Resources   Concordances • Nave's Topical Bible » Bear • Torrey's Topical Textbook » Bear, The Dictionaries • Easton's Bible Dictionary » Bear • Fausset's Bible Dictionary » Bear • Smith's Bible Dictionary » Bear Encyclopedias • International Standard Bible Encyclopedia » Bear, Born » Bear, Borne » Bear, the (arcturus) Lexicons • Greek - bear • Greek - bear with, forbear, bear, bearing • Greek - bear up into • Greek - bear • Greek - bear • Greek - bear, bearers, bearing • Greek - hard to bear • Greek - bear • Greek - bear the name • Greek - bear, bearing, bears • Greek - bear • Greek - bear, bearing children • Greek - bear fruit, bearing fruit, bears fruit • Greek - bear long • Greek - bear record, bear witness • Greek - bear about • Greek - bear, bearing, bears • Greek - bear, can forbear, bears • Greek - also bear witness, bear witness with, bearing witness • Greek - also bear witness • Greek - bear children • Greek - bear • Greek - bear, bears up under • Greek - bear false witness • Hebrew - bear • Hebrew - armourbearer, bear, bearer, bearers, bearing, bears, shield-bearer • Hebrew - bear the blame • Hebrew - bear • Hebrew - bear, bears • Hebrew - bear • Hebrew - bear, bearing, bears • Hebrew - bear their guilt • Hebrew - bear twin, bear twins • Hebrew - bear her shame • Hebrew - bear a grudge against, bears a grudge against • Hebrew - bear, bearing • Hebrew - bear, bear witness, bears, bears witness • Hebrew - beareth, bear fruit • Hebrew - bear • Hebrew - bear • Hebrew - they that bear • Hebrew - bear good news, bearer of good news • Hebrew - could bear • Hebrew - bear • Hebrew - bear any grudge BEAR bar (dobh; compare Arabic dubb): In 1 Samuel 17:34-37, David tells Saul how as a shepherd boy he had overcome a lion and a bear. In 2 Kings 2:24 it is related that two she bears came out of the wood and tore forty-two of the children who had been mocking Elisha. All the other references to bears are figurative; compare 2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12; 28:15; Isaiah 11:7; 59:11; Lamentations 3:10; Daniel 7:5; Hosea 13:8; Amos 5:19; Revelation 13:2. The Syrian bear, sometimes named as a distinct species, Ursus Syriacus, is better to be regarded as merely a local variety of the European and Asiatic brown bear, Ursus arctos. It still exists in small numbers in Lebanon and is fairly common in Anti-Lebanon and Hermon. It does not seem to occur now in Palestine proper, but may well have done so in Bible times. It inhabits caves in the high and rugged mountains and issues mainly at night to feed on roots and vegetables. It is fond of the chummuc or chick-pea which is sometimes planted in the upland meadows, and the fields have to be well guarded. The figurative re ferences to the bear take account of its ferocious nature, especially in the case of the she bear robbed of her whelps (2 Samuel 17:8; Proverbs 17:12; Hosea 13:8). It is with this character of the bear in mind that Isaiah says (Isaiah 11:7), "And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together." Alfred Y. Day

Copyright Statement These files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available from Crosswire Software. Bibliography Information Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'BEAR'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". <http://www.studylight.org/enc/isb/view.cgi?number=T1235>. 1915.