RANA – Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Exo 8:2 I will punish with r all your territories
Psa 105:30 earth produced r up in the cameras
Rev 16:13 three unclean spirits by way of r

Frog (Heb. tsefardêa’; Gr. bátrajos). Amphibian animal of which several species exist in the Near East. The OT references are all to the 2nd plague that fell on Egypt (Exo 8:1-15; Psa 78:45; 105:30; evidence from the Hebrew text does not favor the mention of “frogs” in Lev 11:29) . In ancient Egypt, the frog was a symbol of life and origin, and an emblem of the goddess Heqet, the beneficent patron of birth and the consort of Khnum, the god depicted as a potter shaping a man on a wheel. pottery (fig 139); Heqet, a frog-headed goddess, is depicted giving life to a newborn. The plagues were intended to discredit such gods and demonstrate the power of the God of the Hebrews. In the NT, frogs are a symbol of impurity (Rev 16:13).

Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary

genus of anuran batrachians found throughout the earth. Unclean animal, Lv 11, 10. When Pharaoh refused to let Israel out of Egypt, Aaron, by order of Yahweh, extended his staff over the waters of Egypt, and his country was infested with frogs, Ex 7, 26-29; 8 1 ff.

This episode is mentioned several times in the Scripture Ps 78 (77) 45; 105 (104), 30; as the Egyptians worshiped different bugs, among them the r., they were punished with the same, Wis 11, 15; 12, 24; 16, 1; 19, 10. In Rev 16, 13, the three unclean spirits that came out of the mouth of the dragon, the beast and the false prophet were like frogs.

Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003

Source: Digital Bible Dictionary

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Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary

the r. It was considered a sacred animal in Egypt, relating to the cycles of fertility that characterized the †¢Nile. One of the ten plagues was from r., which greatly annoyed the Egyptians, first because of the discomfort they brought and then because of the stench when they were killed (Exo 8:1-14). It was an animal considered unclean (Lev 11:29; Ps 78:45; Ps 105:30). John saw three “spirits of demons” coming “out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet” (Rev 16:13-14). The language of R. coming out of the mouths of these characters points to the abundance of blasphemies they will utter. Scientific name: Rana esculenta. †¢Bible animals.

Source: Christian Bible Dictionary

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vet, unclean amphibian (Ex. 8:3; Lev. 11:10; Rev. 16:13). The OT frog is possibly the “Rana punctata”, Egyptian spotted frog. One of the plagues of Egypt was an invasion of frogs (Ex. 7:26; 8:11; Ps. 78:45; 105:30).

Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

(Heb. tsefar deʹa`; Gk. baʹtra kjos).
Tailless amphibian, with smooth skin and long, muscular haunches well suited for jumping. Frogs are mentioned in the Hebrew Scriptures only in connection with the second blow Jehovah dealt Egypt (Ex 8:1-14; Ps 78:45; 105:30), a blow that, like all others, was a judgment to the deities worshiped in that land. (Ex 12:12) The frog was sacred to Heqet, an Egyptian goddess who was represented with the head of this creature.
At Revelation 16:13 certain “unclean inspired expressions” are said to resemble frogs, an appropriate resemblance considering that Mosaic law classified them as unclean food. (Le 11:12.)

Source: Dictionary of the Bible

batrachos (bavtraco”, 944), mentioned in Rev 16:13: Healers and charlatans were represented as frogs and metaphorically associated with snakes.¶

Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary

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