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Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)· Public Domain

(lion of Jehovah), son of Shemaiah, the first-horn of Obed-edom. (1 Chronicles 26:7) (B.C. 1013.)

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Othni

Othni oth'-ni (`othni, meaning unknown): A son of Shemaiah, a Korahite Levite (1Ch 26:7). ⇒See a list of verses on OTHNI in the Bible. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible on Othni

A son of Shemaiah, 1 Ch 267. OTHNIEL (dxny, Γοθονιήλ), described in Jg 1 8° as ybpo 3dp πὰ )}}.---ἰῦ is not impossible from the point τ view of strict grammar to construe 2 adduced. (For the discussion of tahmés see NIGHT HAwk). ‘The derivation of this name of the ostrich from the idea of greed corresponds with its traditional voracity, which leads it to swallow pebbles, bits of glass, metal, bone, ete. This, how- ever, is the same instinct as that which leads fuwls to swallow small angular pebbles, to assist in the trituration of their food. The large size of the substances swallowed by the ostrich has given him his special reputation. Some have attributed to the root the meaning ‘to cry out,’ and fortify their eoemaloey by referring to the voice of the ostrich, which they say resembles that of the lion (ef. Mic 15). 2. oy réndnim. AV (Job 39") tr. this word peacocks,’ RV ‘ostrich.’ It is derived from a root signifying ‘ to give forth a sound,’ esp. a twang- ing or resonant sound (cf. Arab. ranna). While this derivation would suit the peacock, there is a special name for that bird,…

References

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  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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