Boar

Boar
   Occurs only in Ps. 80:13. The same Hebrew word is elsewhere rendered "swine" (Lev. 11:7; Deut. 14:8; Prov. 11:22; Isa. 65:4; 66:3, 17). The Hebrews abhorred swine's flesh, and accordingly none of these animals were reared, except in the district beyond the Sea of Galilee. In the psalm quoted above the powers that destroyed the Jewish nation are compared to wild boars and wild beasts of the field.

Easton's Bible Dictionary. . 1897.

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  • Boar — (b[=o]r), n. [OE. bar, bor, bore, AS. b[=a]r; akin to OHG. p[=e]r, MHG. b[=e]r, G. b[ a]r, boar (but not b[ a]r bear), and perh. Russ. borov boar.] (Zo[ o]l.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • boar — [ bɔr ] (plural boars or boar) noun count 1. ) a male pig 2. ) a WILD BOAR …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • boar — (n.) O.E. bar boar, from W.Gmc. *bairaz (Cf. O.S. ber, Du. beer, O.H.G. ber), of unknown origin with no cognates outside West Germanic. Applied in Middle English to persons of boar like character …   Etymology dictionary

  • boar — [bôr] n. pl. boars or boar [ME bor < OE bar; akin to Ger (dial.) bär, Du beer: only in WGmc] 1. a mature uncastrated male pig 2. WILD BOAR …   English World dictionary

  • boar — BOÁR, boari, s.m. Păstor de boi. [var.: bouár s.m.] – lat. bo(v)arius. Trimis de valeriu, 21.03.2003. Sursa: DEX 98  boár (boári), s.m. – Păstor de boi. lat. boārius sau bovārius (REW 1180; Candrea Dens., 171; DAR); cf …   Dicționar Român

  • boar — boar; boar·ish; …   English syllables

  • boar — ► NOUN (pl. same or boars) 1) (also wild boar) a tusked wild pig. 2) an uncastrated domestic male pig. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • boar — [bo: US bo:r] n [: Old English; Origin: bar] 1.) a wild pig 2.) a male pig …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Boar — Taxobox status = LC status system = iucn3.1 name = Wild Boar fossil range = Early Pleistocene Recent regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Artiodactyla familia = Suidae genus = Sus species = S. scrofa binomial = Sus scrofa …   Wikipedia

  • boar — /bawr, bohr/, n. 1. the uncastrated male swine. 2. See wild boar. adj. 3. South Midland and Southern U.S. (of animals) male, esp. full grown: a boar cat. [bef. 1000; ME boor, OE bar; c. D beer, OHG bêr < WGmc *baira , perh. akin to Welsh baedd] * …   Universalium

  • boar n — Once upon a barren moor There dwelt a bear, also a boar. The bear could not bear the boar. The boar thought the bear a bore. At last the bear could bear no more Of that boar that bored him on the moor, And so one morn he bored the boar That boar… …   English expressions

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