McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ring-streaked

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Ring-streaked


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is the rendering of the English Version (“ring-straked”) of the Heb. òָ÷ֹã , akod (Genesis 30; Genesis 31), as applied to the parti-colored rams of Jacob's flock. The Hebrew word literally means banded, or striped, and seems to refer especially to a variegation of color in the feet (Symmachus ëåõêüðïäåò , Saadias similarly).