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Boar(wild boar)

חֲזִיר/BOR/

“Swine, pig”

Summary

The wild pig mentioned in Scripture as a destructive animal that ravages vineyards, used metaphorically for Israel's enemies.

☩Biblical Reference

The boar appears only once in Scripture, in a psalm lamenting Israel's troubled state. The Psalmist describes how 'the boar out of the wood doth ravage it' in reference to Israel as God's vine being devastated by enemies like the Assyrians. Wild boars were common in Palestine, dwelling among the reeds in the Jordan valley and marshy places, and were extremely destructive to cultivated land.

Key verses:Psalm 80:13

Related Verses1 mention

Psalms· 1 verse

80:13

See Also

Swine
Swine

References

  1. 1.James Orr (ed.), "Boar," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. I (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
  2. 2.George Morrish, "Boar," in Morrish's Concise Bible Dictionary (George Morrish, 1898).