Dict: easton - Ass

easton:

Ass @ frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of,

(1.) The she ass (Heb. 'athon), so named from its slowness kjv@Genesis:12:16 kjv@Genesis:45:23; kjv@Numbers:22:23; kjv@1Samuel:9:3).

(2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the common working ass of Western Asia, so called from its red colour. Issachar is compared to a strong ass kjv@Genesis:49:14). It was forbidden to yoke together an ass and an ox in the plough kjv@Deuteronomy:22:10).

(3.) The ass's colt (Heb. 'air), mentioned kjv@Judges:10:4 kjv@Judges:12:14. It is rendered "foal" in kjv@Genesis:32:15 kjv@Genesis:49:11. (Comp. kjv@Job:11:12; kjv@Isaiah:30:6.) The ass is an unclean animal, because it does not chew the cud kjv@Leviticus:11:26. Comp. kjv@2Kings:6:25). Asses constituted a considerable portion of wealth in ancient times kjv@Genesis:12:16 kjv@Genesis:30:43; kjv@1Chronicles:27:30; kjv@Job:1:3 kjv@Job:42:12). They were noted for their spirit and their attachment to their master kjv@Isaiah:1:3). They are frequently spoken of as having been ridden upon, as by Abraham kjv@Genesis:22:3), Balaam kjv@Numbers:22:21), the disobedient prophet (kjvKings:13:23), the family of Abdon the judge, seventy in number kjv@Judges:12:14), Zipporah kjv@Exodus:4:20), the Shunammite ( kjv@1Samuel:25:30), etc. Zechariah (9:9) predicted our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, "riding upon an ass, and upon a colt," etc. kjv@Matthew:21:5, R.V.). Of wild asses two species are noticed,

(1) that called in Hebrew 'arod, mentioned kjv@Job:39:5 and kjv@Daniel:5:21, noted for its swiftness; and

(2) that called pe're, the wild ass of Asia kjv@Job:39:6-8 kjv@Job:6:5 kjv@Job:11:12 ; kjv@Isaiah:32:14; kjv@Jeremiah:2:24 kjv@Jeremiah:14:6, etc.). The wild ass was distinguished for its fleetness and its extreme shyness. In allusion to his mode of life, Ishmael is likened to a wild ass kjv@Genesis:16:12. Here the word is simply rendered "wild" in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version, "wild-ass among men").