Hoof

Hoof [N]

a cleft hoof as of neat cattle ( Exodus 10:26 ; Ezekiel 32:13 ); hence also of the horse, though not cloven ( Isaiah 5:28 ). The "parting of the hoof" is one of the distinctions between clean and unclean animals ( Leviticus 11:3 ; Deuteronomy 14:7 ).

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Hoof". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

HOOF

hoof.

See CHEW; CLOVEN.


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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'HOOF'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.