HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6505
פֶּ֫רֶד
pe.red — mule
mule
12 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Mule
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3908
לַ֫חַשׁ
la.chash — charm
1) whispering, charming 1a) serpent-charming 1b) charms, amulets (worn by women) 1c) whisper (of prayer)
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6506
פִּרְדָּה
pir.dah — female mule
she-mule, mule
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5440
φυλακτήριον
phulaktērion — phylactery
φυλακτήριον, -ου, τό 1. an outpost, fortification (Thuc., al.). 2. a safeguard (Plat.). 3. an amulet (Plut., al.); in NT for the Talmudic תְּפִלִּין, a prayer fillet, a phylactery, a small strip of parchment on which portions of the law were written and worn on the forehead and next the heart (cf. Exo.13:16): Mat.23:5.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3222
יֵמִם
yem — hot spring
meaning uncertain, meaning perhaps mules or hot springs
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6128
ἄγρωστις
agrōstis — wild grass
Substantive and adjective, (Sophocles Tragicus), a grass that mules fed on . (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7629
ἡμίονος
hēmionos — the mule
1. a half-ass , i. e. a mule , (Homer), etc.:—; proverbial, ἐπεὰν ἡμίονοι τέκωσι, i. e. never, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. the ἡμ. ἀγροτέρα of (Iliad by Homer) 2. 851 is probably the wild ass. 3. as adjective, βρέφος ἡμίονον a mule- foal, (Iliad by Homer); ἡμ. βασιλεύς a mule- king, half-Mede half-Persian, (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7703
ιαμίν
iamin — mules
mules; shovels
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3704
כֶּ֫סֶת
ke.set — amulet
1) band, fillet, covered amulets, false phylacteries 1a) used by false prophetesses in Israel to support their demonic fortune-telling schemes
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(Heb. pered), so called from the quick step of the animal or its power of carrying loads. It is not probable that the Hebrews bred mules, as this was strictly forbidden in the law (Lev. 19:19), although their use was not forbidden. We find them in common use even by kings and nobles (2 Sam. 18:9; 1 Kings 1:33; 2 Kings 5:17; Ps. 32:9). They are not mentioned, however, till the time of David, for the word rendered “mules” (R.V. correctly, “hot springs”) in Gen. 36:24 (yemim) properly denotes the warm springs of Callirhoe, on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea. In David’s reign they became very common (2 Sam. 13:29; 1 Kings 10:25). Mules are not mentioned in the New Testament. Perhaps they had by that time ceased to be used in Palestine.
Scripture references
Leviticus 19:192 Samuel 18:91 Kings 1:332 Kings 5:17Psalms 32:9Genesis 36:242 Samuel 13:291 Kings 10:25
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.