Many times its used to name another animal and in prophecy, usually references Governments or Leaders. 231 Old Testament
Genesis (23)Creation of beast(s) Genesis 1:24,25,30
Adam named them Genesis 2:19-20
Tempted Eve and punishment Genesis 3:1,14
Saved during the flood Genesis 6:7, 7:2,8,14,21, 8:19-20
Man’s new relationship with animals Genesis 9:2,5,10
General references: Genesis 31:39, 34:23, 36:6, 37:20,33, 45:17
Exodus (21)Beast affected by Plagues God brought upon Egypt
Exodus 8:17-18, 9:9-10,19,22,25 11:5,7 12:12 13:2,12,15
Laws concerning Beasts Exodus 19:13 21:34, 22:5,10,19,31, 23:11,29
Leviticus (30) Laws concerning eating of beasts
Leviticus 5:2, 7:21,24-26, 11:2-3,26-27,39,46-47 17:13,15
Other Laws concerning Man and Beasts
Leviticus 18:23, 20:15-16,25, 22:8,24:18,21, 25:7, 26:6,22, 27:9
Numbers (10) Relationship between God, Man and Beast
Numbers 3:13, 8:17, 18:15, 20:8,11,
General references: Numbers 31:11,26,30,47, 35:3
Deuteronomy (7) Deuteronomy 4:17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,
General references: Deuteronomy 7:22, 14:4,6, 27:21, 28:26, 32:24
Judges (1) Judges 20:48
1 Samuel (2) 1 Samuel 17:44,46
2 Samuel (1) 2 Samuel 21:10
1 Kings (2) 1 Kings 4:33, 18:5
2 Kings (2) 2 Kings 3:17, 14:9
2 Chronicles (2) 2 Chronicles 25:18, 32:28,
Ezra (2) Ezra 1:4,6
Nehemiah (2) Nehemiah 2:12,14
Job (8) Job 5:22-23, 12:7, 18:3, 35:11, 37:8, 39:15, 40:20
Psalm (15) Psalm 8:7, 36:6, 49:12,20, 50:10-11, 73:22, 79:2, 80:13 Psalm 104:11,20,25, 135:8, 147:9, 148:10
Proverbs (3) Proverbs 9:2, 12:10, 30:30
Ecclesiastes (3) Ecclesiastes 3:18-19,21
Isaiah (13) Isaiah 1:11, 13:21-22, 18:6, 30:6, 34:14, 35:9
Isaiah 40:16, 43:20, 46:1, 56:9, 63:14, 66:20
Jeremiah (21) Jeremiah 7:20,33, 9:10, 12:4,9, 15:3, 16:4, 19:7, 21:6
Jeremiah 27:5,6, 27:6, 28:14, 31:27, 32:43, 33:10,12, 34:20
Jeremiah 36:29, 50:3,39, 51:62
Ezekiel (25) Ezekiel 5:17, 8:10, 14:13,15,17,19,21, 25:13
Ezekiel 29:5,8,11, 31:6,13, 32:4,13, 33:27, 34:5,8,25,28
Ezekiel 38:20, 39:4,17,
Hosea (4) Hosea 2:12,18, 4:3, 13:8
Joel (3) Joel 1:18,20, 2:22Amos (1) Amos 5:22
Jonah (2) Jonah 3:7-8
Micah (2) Micah 1:13, 5:8
Habakkuk (1) Habakkuk 2:17.Zephaniah (3) Zephaniah 1:3, 2:14-15
Zechariah (2) Zechariah 8:10, 14:15
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