International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Mare

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Mare


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mâr ((1) סוּסה, ṣūṣāh, “steed,” the King James Version “company of horses”; Septuagint ἡ ἴππος, hē hı́ppos, “mare” (); (2) הרמּכים בּני, benē hā-rammākhı̄m, “bred of the stud,” the King James Version and the Revised Version margin “young dromedaries” (); compare Arabic ramakat, “mare”): The word “mare” does not occur in English Versions of the Bible, but in we find ṣūṣāh, the feminine of ṣūṣ, “horse,” and in , benē hā-rammākhı̄m is by some translated “sons of mares.” See CAMEL; HORSE.