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Wild Beast of the Islands
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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is the rendering of the A.V. at Isaiah 13:22; Isaiah 34:14; Jeremiah 1:39, of the Heb. word which occurs in this sense only in the plur. אַיַּי , iyim, although it frequently occurs both in the sing. and plur. in the sense of "island." The ancient interpreters variously understand cats (Chald. and Kimchi) and spectres (Sept. ὀμπλεμταύρος); but later writers generally agree that the jackal (q.v.) is meant, from its habit of howling (Bochart, Hieroz. 1:843).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Wild Beast of the Islands'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/wild-beast-of-the-islands.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Wild Beast of the Islands'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/w/wild-beast-of-the-islands.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
