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#29683. krazie
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How many times are dogs are mentioned in the Bible?
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Snoopy
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dogs are mentioned 44 times in the Bible...35 times in the Old Testament...9 in the New Testament..cats are never mentioned
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and if you don't believe it..I have a Bible that I regularly use and the pages are dog eared on it!
Mar 13 03, 6:14 AM
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Yaarbiriah 
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The most notable mention is that the dogs did not bark and raise an alarm when the Hebrew slaves left Egypt. (Exodus 11:7) As a reward for their unusual restraint it has become a nice custom to give any meat which is of questionable kashrus status to dogs to eat. It is assumed that it is hard for a dog to find food and we should be kind to them out of a sense of eternal gratitude.
The only breed of dog possibly mentioned specifically is commonly translated as 'greyhound'. The hebrew word is 'zarzir motnaim' which simply means 'swift moving' or 'girded to the loins' (Proverbs 30:31). 'Greyhound' is therefore a reasonable translation and statues of lightly built sighthounds that resemble greyhounds and Pharaoh hounds have been found in Egypt. 'Warhorse' is one of several other translation so the identity of 'zarzir' is not settled. (Ironically in modern Hebrew this word is used for 'starling'!)
May 02 07, 6:03 AM
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Paulrosa
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Oddly, cats are not mentioned at all in the Bible!
May 02 07, 2:31 PM
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