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smith:

FOX - F>@ - (Heb. shu’al). Probably the jackal is the animal signified in almost all the passages in the Old Testament where the Hebrew term occurs. Though both foxes and jackals abound in Palestine, the shu’alim (foxes) of kjv@Judges:15:4) are evidently jackals and not foxes, for the former animal is gregarious, whereas the latter is solitary in its habits; and Samson could not, for that reason, have easily caught three hundred foxes, but it was easy to catch that number of jackals, which are concealed by hundreds in caves and ruins of Syria. It is not probable, however, that Samson sent out the whole three hundred at once. With respect to the jackals and foxes of Palestine, there is no doubt that the common jackal of the country is the Canis aureus , which may be heard every night in the villages. It is like a medium-sized dog, with a head like a wolf, and is of a bright-yellow color. These beasts devour the bodies of the dead, and even dig them up from their graves.

easton:

Fox @ (Heb. shu'al, a name derived from its digging or burrowing under ground), the Vulpes thaleb, or Syrian fox, the only species of this animal indigenous to Palestine. It burrows, is silent and solitary in its habits, is destructive to vineyards, being a plunderer of ripe grapes (Cant. 2:15). The Vulpes Niloticus, or Egyptian dog-fox, and the Vulpes vulgaris, or common fox, are also found in Palestine. The proverbial cunning of the fox is alluded to in kjv@Ezekiel:13:4, and in kjv@Luke:13:32, where our Lord calls Herod "that fox." In kjv@Judges:15:4-5, the reference is in all probability to the jackal. The Hebrew word shu'al through the Persian schagal becomes our jackal (Canis aureus), so that the word may bear that signification here. The reasons for preferring the rendering "jackal" are

(1) that it is more easily caught than the fox;

(2) that the fox is shy and suspicious, and flies mankind, while the jackal does not; and

(3) that foxes are difficult, jackals comparatively easy, to treat in the way here described. Jackals hunt in large numbers, and are still very numerous in Southern Palestine.

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torrey:

Fox, the @ Found in deserts kjv@Ezekiel:13:4
Abounded in Palestine kjv@Judges:15:4 kjv@Lamentations:5:18
Described as
Active kjv@Nehemiah:4:3
Crafty kjv@Luke:13:32
Carnivorous kjv@Psalms:63:10
Destructive to vines kjv@Songs:2:15
Dwells in holes kjv@Matthew:8:20 kjv@Luke:9:58
Illustrative of
False prophets kjv@Ezekiel:13:4
Cunning and deceitful persons kjv@Luke:13:32
Enemies of the church kjv@Songs:2:15
Used by Samson for annoying the Philistines kjv@Judges:15:4-6

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FOX @
- Dens of kjv@Matthew:8:20; kjv@Luke:9:58
- Samson uses, to burn the field of the Philistines kjv@Judges:15:4
- Depredations of kjv@Psalms:63:10; kjv@Songs:2:15
- Held in contempt kjv@Nehemiah:4:3

- FIGURATIVE .Of unfaithful prophets kjv@Ezekiel:13:4 .Of craftiness kjv@Luke:13:32 .Of heretics kjv@Songs:2:15

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hitchcock:

kjv@STRING:Salim <HITCHCOCK>@ foxes; fists; path - HITCHCOCK-S

kjv@STRING:Shaalabbim <HITCHCOCK>@ understanding, or son of a fox - HITCHCOCK-S

kjv@STRING:Shaalbonite <HITCHCOCK>@ a fox-S's building - HITCHCOCK

kjv@STRING:Shual <HITCHCOCK>@ fox; path; first - HITCHCOCK-S

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strongs:

H2705 <STRHEB>@ חצר שׁוּעל chătsar shû‛âl khats-ar' shoo-awl' From H2691 and H7776; village of (the) fox; Chatsar {Shual} a place in Palestine: - Hazar-shual.

H7776 <STRHEB>@ שׁעל שׁוּעל shû‛âl shû‛âl {shoo-awl'} shoo-awl' From the same as H8168; a jackal (as a burrower): - fox.

H8169 <STRHEB>@ שׁעלבּין שׁעלבים sha‛albîym sha‛ălabbîyn {shah-al-beem'} shah-al-ab-been' Plural from H7776; fox holes; Shaalbim or {Shaalabbin} a place in Palestine: - {Shaalabbin} Shaalbim.

H8171 <STRHEB>@ שׁעלים sha‛ălîym shah-al-eem' Plural of H7776; foxes; {Shaalim} a place in Palestine: - Shalim.

G258 <STRGRK>@ ἀλώπηξ alōpex al-o'-pakes Of uncertain derivation; a fox that is (figuratively) a cunning person: - fox