Bible Dictionaries
Dappled
Holman Bible Dictionary
The variegated grey color of the horses in the vision in Zechariah 6:3 ,Zechariah 6:3,6:6 . KJV translates the rare Hebrew term as “bay.” Modern translators follow the earliest Greek translation in reading “dappled.” The Hebrew term also appears in Genesis 31:10 ,Genesis 31:10,31:12 and in a few manuscripts of Nehemiah 5:18 . KJV reads “grisled,” while modern translations have, “spotted,” “speckled,” or “mottled.”
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Bibliography Information
Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Dappled'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hbd/d/dappled.html. 1991.