(Heb. hazir), regarded as the most unclean and the most abhorred of all animals (
Leviticus 11:7 ;
Isaiah 65:4 ;
Isaiah 66:3 Isaiah 66:17 ;
Luke 15:15 Luke 15:16 ). A herd of swine were drowned in the Sea of Galilee (
Luke 8:32 Luke 8:33 ). Spoken of figuratively in
Matthew 7:6 (see
Proverbs 11:22 ). It is frequently mentioned as a wild animal, and is evidently the wild boar (Arab. khanzir), which is common among the marshes of the Jordan valley (
Psalms 80:13 ).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.