Pygarg

1 verse

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 14:5

The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Heb. dishon, “springing”, (Deut. 14:5), one of the animals permitted for food. It is supposed to be the Antelope addax. It is described as “a large animal, over 3 1/2 feet high at the shoulder, and, with its gently-twisted horns, 2 1/2 feet long. Its colour is pure white, with the exception of a short black mane, and a tinge of tawny on the shoulders and back.”, Tristram’s Natural History.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

occurs, (14:5) in the list of clean animals as the rendering of the Heb. dishon , the name apparently of one species of antelope, though it is by no means easy to identify it.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary and Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.