International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Owl

oul (bath ha-ya`anah; Latin Ulula): The name of every nocturnal bird of prey of the Natural Order Striges. These birds range from the great horned owl of 2 feet in length, throu...

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Owl, Great

(yanshuph; Septuagint ibis, or eibis): A member of the Palestine species of the family Strigidae. The great owl mentioned in the Bible was no doubt their largest specimen of the...

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Owl, Little

(koc; nuktikorax; Latin Athene meridionalis): A night bird of prey distinguished by a round head, and extremely large eyes. The little owl is left in the Revised Version (Britis...

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Owl, Screech

See NIGHT-MONSTER.

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Owner

on'-er.See SHIPS AND BOATS, III, 2.

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Ox (1)

SeeANTELOPE;CATTLE;WILD OX.

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Ox (2)

oks (Ox): One of the ancestors of Judith (Judith 8:1). The name is not Hebrew. Perhaps the Itala Ozi and the Syriac Uz point to the Hebrew Uzzi.

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Ox-Goad

oks'-god.SeeGOAD.

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Ozem

o'-zem ('otsem, meaning unknown):(1) The 6th son of David (1Ch 2:15). Septuagint (Asom) and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) suggest that the name should be pointed ...

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Ozias

o-zi'-as:(1) (Ozeias, Ozias, Codex Vaticanus a b): The son of Micah, a Simeonite, one of the 3 rulers of Bethulia in the days of Judith (Judith 6:15,16; 7:23; 8:9 ff; 10:6).(2) ...

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Oziel

o'-zi-el (Ozeiel): An ancestor of Judith (Judith 8:1); another form of the Old Testament name "Uzziel."

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Ozni

oz'-ni ('ozni, "my hearing," or "my ear"): A "son" of Gad (Nu 26:16) equals "Ezbon" ofGe 46:16(compare1Ch 7:7).

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Oznites

oz'-nits (with the article ha'ozni (collective), "the Oznites"): Of the clan of Ozni (Nu 26:16).SeeOZNI.

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Ozora

o-zo'-ra.SeeEZORA.