Dog (SODOMITE?)

How Nave’s arranged it

• Price of, not to be brought into the sanctuaryDeuteronomy 23:18
• Shepherd dogsJob 30:1
• Habits of
• Licking blood1 Kings 21:191 Kings 22:38
• Licking soresLuke 16:21
• Returns to eat his own vomitProverbs 26:112 Peter 2:22
• Lapping ofJudges 7:5
• Dumb and sleepingIsaiah 56:10Isaiah 56:11
• GreyhoundProverbs 30:31
• Epithet of contempt1 Samuel 17:431 Samuel 24:142 Samuel 3:82 Samuel 9:82 Samuel 16:92 Kings 8:13Isaiah 56:10Isaiah 56:11Matthew 15:26
• FIGURATIVEPhilippians 3:2Revelation 22:15

The passages, in Bible order (20)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Deuteronomy 23:18

   You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 23:182 voices

   “Thou shall not bring the hire of a whore,.... Which was given to her as a reward for the use of her body: or the price of a dog; not of the firstborn of a dog, the price for the redemption of it, as some; nor for the loan of a hunting dog, or a shepherd's dog for breed, as Josephus (z) interprets this law.

   “The hire of a whore, or the price of a dog - Many public prostitutes dedicated to their gods a part of their impure earnings; and some of these prostitutes were publicly kept in the temple of Venus Melytta, whose gains were applied to the support of her abominable worship.

   Everything gathered on Deuteronomy 23:18→

   Verse page →Original language →

2. Judges 7:5

   So Gideon brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to him, “Separate those who lap the water with their tongues like a dog from those who kneel to drink.”

   ›Commentary on Judges 7:51 voice

   “Every one that lappeth of the water - as a dog - The original word ילק yalok is precisely the sound which a dog makes when he is drinking.

   Everything gathered on Judges 7:5→

   Verse page →Original language →

3. 1 Samuel 17:43

   “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

   Verse page →Original language →

4. 1 Samuel 24:14

   Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog? A flea?

   Verse page →Original language →

5. 2 Samuel 3:8

   Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 3:81 voice

   “Am I a dog’s head - Dost thou treat a man with indignity who has been the only prop of thy tottering kingdom, and the only person who could make head against the house of David?

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 3:8→

   Verse page →Original language →

6. 2 Samuel 9:8

   Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 9:81 voice

   “Mephibosheth’s humility of expression, even in the mouth of an Oriental, is painful. It was perhaps in part the result of his helpless lameness, and of the other misfortunes of his life. A dead dog - The wild dogs of the East, which still abound in every town, are the natural objects of contempt and dislike.

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 9:8→

   Verse page →Original language →

7. 2 Samuel 16:9

   Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

   ›Commentary on 2 Samuel 16:91 voice

   “We can show, too, that holy David was like Paul in this same class of virtue. When … Shimei cursed him and charged him with heavy offenses, at the first he was silent and humbled himself, and was silent even about his good deeds, that is, his knowledge of good works. Then he even asked to be cursed; for when he was cursed he hoped to gain divine pity.But see how he stored up humility and justice and prudence so as to merit grace from the Lord!

   Everything gathered on 2 Samuel 16:9→

   Verse page →Original language →

8. 1 Kings 21:19

   Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 21:192 voices

   “Divine justice is moved by this and condemns the greedy with worthy severity, saying: 'You have killed and taken possession of the inheritance? For this reason, in the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, they will lick up your blood; and the prostitutes will wash themselves in your blood.' How just, how severe is this sentence, that the bitterness of death that he inflicted on another should be dissolved by the horror of his own death!

   “Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? - These words rebuke especially Ahab’s indecent haste. He went to Jezreel the very day after Naboth’s execution 2Ki 9:26. The prophecy following had a double fulfillment. The main fulfillment was by the casting of the dead body of Jehoram into Naboth’s plot of ground at Jezreel, where, like Naboth’s, it was left for the dogs to eat 2Ki 9:25. This spot, which was just outside the city wall, and close to a gate 2Ki 9:31, was probably the actual scene of Naboth’s execution.

   Everything gathered on 1 Kings 21:19→

   Verse page →Original language →

9. 1 Kings 22:38

   And the chariot was washed at the pool of Samaria where the prostitutes bathed, and the dogs licked up Ahab’s blood, according to the word that the LORD had spoken.

   ›Commentary on 1 Kings 22:382 voices

   “And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria,.... After the body was taken out, very likely the chariot driver, who drove it into the pool, and plunged it into it, as the word signifies, to cleanse it from the blood of his master: and the dogs licked up his blood; mixed with the water of the pool; the Septuagint adds, "the swine", which is not probable, such creatures not being bred in the land of Israel: and they washed his armour; his coat of mail, through the joints of which the blood issued, and ran upon it.

   “The dogs licked up his blood - Some of the rabbins think that this was in the very place where Naboth was stoned; see on 1Ki 21:19 (note).

   Everything gathered on 1 Kings 22:38→

   Verse page →Original language →

10. 2 Kings 8:13

    “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

    ›Commentary on 2 Kings 8:131 voice

    “But what, is thy servant a dog? - This is a mistranslation, and conveys to the English reader a sense quite different from that of the original. Hazael’s speech runs thus - “But what is thy servant, this dog, that he should do this great thing?” He does not shrink from Elisha’s words, or mean to say that he would be a dog, could he act so cruelly as Elisha predicts he will.

    Everything gathered on 2 Kings 8:13→

    Verse page →Original language →

11. Job 30:1

    “But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.

    ›Commentary on Job 30:11 voice

    “But now they that are younger than I - Margin, “of fewer days.” It is not probable that Job here refers to his three friends. It is not possible to determine their age with accuracy, but in Job 15:10, they claim that there were with them old and very aged men, much older than the father of Job. Though that place may possibly refer not to themselves but to those who held the same opinions with them, yet none of those who engaged in the discussion, except Ehhu Job 32:6, are represented as young men.

    Everything gathered on Job 30:1→

    Verse page →Original language →

12. Proverbs 26:11

    As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

    Verse page →Original language →

13. Proverbs 30:31

    a strutting rooster; a he-goat; and a king with his army around him.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 30:312 voices

    “A greyhound,.... So Gersom interprets the word; but Jarchi owns he does not know what is meant; and Aben Ezra only says, it is the name of a living creature, but does not say what; but observes, that some interpret it of the "bee", and others of the "eagle".

    “A greyhound - The Hebrew word occurs nowhere else in the Old Testament. The literal meaning is: “one with loins girded;” and some have referred this to the stripes of the zebra, others to the “war-horse” (compare Job 39:19, Job 39:25), as he is represented in the sculptures of Persepolis, with rich and stately trappings. A king, against whom there is no rising up - i. e., A king irresistible. Others prefer, “a king in the midst of his people,” and the sense, as giving a more vivid picture, is certainly more satisfactory.

    Everything gathered on Proverbs 30:31→

    Verse page →Original language →

14. Isaiah 56:10

    Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 56:102 voices

    “His spies, blind all, knew nothing: mute dogs unable to bark, seeing vain things, sleeping, and loving dreams. LXX: See that all are blind: they all do not know, mute dogs cannot bark: dreaming of a bed, loving sleep. That all, he says, beasts should come forth from the forest, and devour those gathered together, whether they succeed into the place of the Jews, the crowd of the Gentiles, their spies are in fact the Scribes and Pharisees: because all the blind have not known the Lord Savior, nor did they want to see the present light.

    “His watchmen are blind - Kimchi observes, “The flock is intrusted to the care of these watchmen. The wild beasts come; these dogs bark not; and the wild beasts devour the flock. Thus they do not profit the flock. Yea, they injure it; for the owner trusts in them, that they will watch and be faithful; but they are not. These are the false teachers and careless shepherds.” Dumb dogs, they cannot bark - See note on Isa 62:6. Sleeping “Dreamers” - הזים hozim, ενυπνιαζομενοι, Septuagint.

    Everything gathered on Isaiah 56:10→

    Verse page →Original language →

15. Isaiah 56:11

    Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

    ›Commentary on Isaiah 56:111 voice

    “Yea, they are greedy dogs - Margin, ‘Strong of appetite.’ Literally, ‘Strong of soul’ (עזי־נפשׁ ‛azēy-nephesh. Jerome renders it, Canes impudentissimi. So the Septuagint, Κύνες ἀναιδεῖς τῇ ψυχῇ Kunes anaideis tē psuchē - ‘Dogs impudent in soul.’ They were greedy and insatiable in that which the soul or the appetite demands. The idea here is, that the prophets to whom reference is here made were sensual, and disposed to gorge themselves; living only for carnal indulgence, insensible to the rights of others, and never satisfied.

    Everything gathered on Isaiah 56:11→

    Verse page →Original language →

16. Matthew 15:26

    But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”

    ›Commentary on Matthew 15:262 voices

    “Note how perseveringly this Chananæan woman calls Him first Son of David, then Lord, and lastly came and worshipped him, as God. The Gentiles are called dogs because of their idolatry; who, given to the eating of blood, and dead bodies, turn to madness.

    " Marcion must even expunge from the Gospel, "I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel; " and, "It is not meet to take the children'sbread, and to cast it to dogs," -in order, forsooth, that Christ may not appear to be an Israelite.

    Everything gathered on Matthew 15:26→

    Verse page →Original language →