Hedgehog
(see Porcupine).
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Hedgehog
Heifer
Heifer (see Cattle).
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Hen
Hen (see Fowl).
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Hen
Heron
Heron. The Bible mentions herons only in the lists of unclean birds (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18). Several species of herons and egrets made their home in Palestine. Egyptian carvings picture herons and their nests among the reeds of marshes and lakes.
A tall, graceful bird, the heron flies with its neck curled and its long legs stretched out behind. The heron eats fish, frogs, and small reptiles, which it spears swiftly with a long, sharp beak.
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Vane Vanity
Vane Vanity
The simple definition is just empty. It is used in Philippians of Christ emptying himself.
When used in reference to humans, it speaks of them not focusing on things that have eternal value.
So when people do not follow the heavenly that the Bible puts forth, but go after the earthly, they do not realize that naked they were born into this world, and naked they will leave it, with nothing. Only the things that they have prepared for eternity will be what will be waiting for them on the other side of death.
See also https://answeringallthings.com/what-is-vain-mean-in-the-bible/
Hart and Hind
Hart and Hind Hind (see Deer).
The Hart and Hind
Several animals of the deer kind are mentioned in the Bible under the names of Fallow-deer, Hart, Hind, and Roe-buck. They were all numbered among the clean animals, or those which the Israelites were allowed to eat; as we see in Deut. 14:4-5, “These are the beasts which ye shall eat; the ox, the sheep, the goat, the hart, the roe-buck and the fallow-deer.” In 1 Kings 4:23, we read of the daily provision which was made for king Solomon’s table, and among the rest were “ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and a hundred sheep, besides harts, and roe-bucks, and fallow-deer.”
Continue reading
Maggot
Maggot
Worms are kind of icky things. They live in the ground, and they are slimy. But a maggot is a worse kind of animal in that it usually lives within dead flesh, and lives off of the dying animal or person. There they are “worse” in some way.
These animals are identified as benefitting from death, and in the scheme of things in the Bible, it would seem they are also the servants (or very similar to Satan) who has pleasure in dying and death. This is a great problem as far as holiness is concerned. Something that touches or handles a corpse (animal or human) becomes unclean, so a maggot would basically be an animal that craves and has great pleasure in wallowing in death and uncleanness.
Hell and maggots
Our concept of hell being filled with maggots would come from their association with death and dying.
Isa 14:11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
I believe that has a reference to those people covering themselves with worms, as if there were some kind of cold or they sought protection from some kind of discomfort like a person in the cold, and they would cover themselves with worms. Although it does not talk of cold in hell, but a covering as if somehow that would alleviate some of their grief (which it doesn’t).
–DCox
A maggot is a type of worm, and it is connected with the eating of dead bodies, so it is unclean, and related to death in the Bible.
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus (see Behemoth).
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Hippopotamus
Mare
Mare (see Horse).
A mare is a female horse is a beast of burden, carrying both men and goods on their backs. A Horse gives a man a great advantage is what is carried as well as distance traveled.
Source: [Anon-Animals]
Hoopoe
Hoopoe.
The hoopoe is a beautiful bird with a disgusting habit: it probes foul places for insects with its sharp, slender beak. Its wing feathers bear a zebra stripe, and its head sports a lovely crown of feathers. When frightened, the hoopoe may flutter his crest or drop to the ground and play dead. The offensive odor picked up from its feeding grounds is enough to drive away most of its enemies.
Continue reading