Bible Dictionaries
Deer
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
A wild quadruped, of a middle size between the stag and the roebuck; its horns turn inward, and are large and flat. The fallow deer is naturally very timorous: it was reputed clean, and good for food, Deuteronomy 14:5 . Young deer are noticed in Proverbs, Songs, and Isaiah, as beautiful creatures, and very swift, Proverbs 5:19 . See HIND .
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Deer'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/d/deer.html. 1859.