Thematic Bible: Dog
Thematic Bible
Beasts » Unclean » Dog
So, he called his property manager in and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Turn in a [full] report of [all] your financial transactions, for you are not working for me anymore.'
Verse Concepts
Dog » Epithet of contempt
And He answered [her], "It is not proper to take bread away from the children and throw it to the dogs."
Verse Concepts
Dog » Habits of » Returns to eat his own vomit
It has happened to them like the true proverb [says], "The dog [throws up, and then] goes back and eats its own vomit," and "The hog that was all cleaned up [goes back] to wallowing in the mud."
Verse Concepts
Dog » Figurative
Watch out for the "dogs!" [Note: "Dogs" were viewed with disgust by the ancient Jews (Deut. 23:18; II Kings 8:13; Rev. 22:15), so the term is used here derogatorily for Jewish Christians who were trying to impose on the church the requirements of the law of Moses]. Watch out for the evil workers! Watch out for those who mutilate the body meaninglessly! [Note: Paul here alludes, in a derogatory wordplay, to the Jewish practice of circumcision].
Verse Concepts
On the outside [of the city] are the dogs [Note: This probably refers to people who practiced sexual perversions. See Deut. 23:17] and the sorcerers, and the sexually immoral people, and the murderers, and the idolaters and every person who loves and practices falsehood.
Verse Concepts
Dog » Habits of » Licking blood
Dog » Dumb and sleeping
Dog » Habits of » Licking sores
He longed to be fed with scraps that fell from the rich man's table and even dogs came and licked his sores.
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