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weasel

Meaning of “weasel”

An unclean creeping thing named among creatures that creep upon the earth.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 11:29

Complete exact-word concordance

The KJV occurrence

KJV PCE
Leviticus 11:29
¶ These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 11:29 · retained source text

¶ These also shalbe vncleane vnto you, among the creeping things that creepe vpon the earth: the Weasell, and the Mouse, and the Tortois, after his kinde,

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Leviticus 11:29; Leviticus 11:30; Leviticus 11:31

Scripture directly includes the weasel among unclean creeping things that creep upon the earth.

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

A small animal of the genus Mustela, living under roots or in holes and feeding on small birds and especially mice.

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