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Elephant

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(ἐλέφας ) does not occur in the text of the canonical Scriptures of the A. V., except in the adj. ἐλεφάντινος , "of ivory," Revelation 18:12. But the animal is believed to be referred to in the Hebrew שֶׁנְאּהַבִּים, elephant's tooth, i.e., "ivory," 1 Kings 10:22; <