Hare
אַרְנֶבֶתStrong’s H0768arnevet (ar-ne-vet)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arnevet is the Hebrew word usually translated “hare”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.”
Meaning
- Hareprobably an extinct animal because no known hare chews its cud, exact meaning is unknown, and best left untranslated as "arnebeth"
How it's translated
- the hare 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 1
- Deuteronomy 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Hebrew dictionary
אַרְנֶבֶת arnevet · hare
1) hare 1a) probably an extinct animal because no known hare chews its cud, exact meaning is unknown, and best left untranslated as "arnebeth"
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HARE, noun
A quadruped of the genus Lepus, with long ears, a short tail, soft hair, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, often hunted for sport or for its flesh, which is excellent food. It moves by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
- A constellation.
All definitions and other forms of “hare”
HARE, verb transitive
To fright, or to excite, tease and harass, or worry. [Not used. See Harry.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.