HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6854
צְפַרְדֵּעַ
tse.phar.de.a — frog
frogs
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Frog
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G944
βάτραχος
batrachos — frog
βάτραχος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX: Ex 8, Psa.77 (78):45 104 (105):30 (צְכַרִדֵּעַ), Wis.19:10 * ;] a frog: Rev.16:13.† (AS)
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χελιδών
chelidōn — a swallow
1. the swallow , (Odyssey by Homer), etc.:—; the twittering of the swallow was proverbially used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks, (Aeschulus Tragicus); χελιδόνων μουσεῖα (see. μουσεῖον); proverbs also, μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ (Aristotle Philosopher) 2. the frog in a horse's foot , so called from its being forked like the swallow's tail , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
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(Heb. tsepharde’a, meaning a “marsh-leaper”). This reptile is mentioned in the Old Testament only in connection with one of the plagues which fell on the land of Egypt (Ex. 8:2-14; Ps. 78:45; 105:30). In the New Testament this word occurs only in Rev. 16:13, where it is referred to as a symbol of uncleanness. The only species of frog existing in Palestine is the green frog (Rana esculenta), the well-known edible frog of the Continent.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.