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Cheek teeth (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

Jl 1» 'he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion' (niy^pD, IIV 'jaw teeth,' as in Hr HO" ' tlieir jaw teeth as knives' AV, RV ; but in Job 29" [all] 'jaws,' RVm ''Teat teeth'). Cheek teeth =molar teeth, is found in Caxton, Citron. Enq. (1480), ' Al that ever were borne after that pestilence hadden ij chekteth in hir hede lesse tlian they had afore. J. Hastings.

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