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FOX

A carnivorous member of the dog family (Canidae), genus Vulpes. Heb. šûʿāl designates both the fox and the jackal (Ps. 63:10[MT 11]; Lam. 5:18). The red fox and its desert cousin, the fennec, are small, solitary, nocturnal, and intelligent creatures. Emerging from its den to hunt at night, the fox is omnivorous, eating small game, insects, and fruit (Cant. 2:15) and scavenging if necessary. It possesses a keen sense of sight, smell, and especially hearing. The fox is regarded as a pest in rabbinical literature since it took poultry or young livestock (Bek. 8a; Mak. 24b; Ned. 81b; Ketub. 111b; µul. 53a; Eccl. Rab. 98a).

Jesus points out that, unlike himself, foxes (Gk. alṓpēx) have homes (Matt. 8:20 = Luke 9:58), and he refers to Herod metaphorically as “that fox” (Luke 13:32).

Donald Fowler






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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