Dog, The

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

• Exodus 22:31Torrey Things torn by beasts given to

  ¶ And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.

• Deuteronomy 23:18Torrey Price of, not to be consecrated

  Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

• Judges 7:5Torrey Manner of, in drinking alluded to

  So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

• 1 Samuel 24:14Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Dead,) of the mean

  After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.

• 2 Samuel 3:8Torrey Despised by the Jews

  Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David,…

• 2 Samuel 9:8Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Dead,) of the mean

  And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?

• 1 Kings 14:11Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Carnivorous

  Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it.

• 1 Kings 21:19Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Fond of blood

  And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

• 1 Kings 22:38Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Fond of blood

  And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake.

• 2 Kings 9:35Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Carnivorous

  And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands.

• 2 Kings 9:36Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Carnivorous

  Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:

• Job 30:1Torrey WHEN DOMESTICATED — Employed in watching flocks

  But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.