Dict: easton - Bear

easton:

Bear @ a native of the mountain regions of Western Asia, frequently mentioned in Scripture. David defended his flocks against the attacks of a bear ( kjv@1Samuel:17:34-37). Bears came out of the wood and destroyed the children who mocked the prophet Elisha ( kjv@2Kings:2:24). Their habits are referred to in kjv@Isaiah:59:11; kjv@Proverbs:28:15; kjv@Lamentations:3:10. The fury of the female bear when robbed of her young is spoken of ( kjv@2Samuel:17:8; kjv@Proverbs:17:12; kjv@Hosea:13:8). In Daniel's vision of the four great monarchies, the Medo
- Persian empire is represented by a bear (7:5).

Beard @ The mode of wearing it was definitely prescribed to the Jews kjv@Leviticus:19:27 kjv@Leviticus:21:5). Hence the import of Ezekiel's (5:1-4) description of the "razor" i.e., the agents of an angry providence being used against the guilty nation of the Jews. It was a part of a Jew's daily toilet to anoint his beard with oil and perfume kjv@Psalms:133:2). Beards were trimmed with the most fastidious care ( kjv@2Samuel:19:24), and their neglet was an indication of deep sorrow kjv@Isaiah:15:2; kjv@Jeremiah:41:5). The custom was to shave or pluck off the hair as a sign of mourning kjv@Isaiah:50:6; kjv@Jeremiah:48:37; kjv@Ezra:9:3). The beards of David's ambassadors were cut off by hanun ( kjv@2Samuel:10:4) as a mark of indignity. On the other hand, the Egyptians carefully shaved the hair off their faces, and they compelled their slaves to do so also kjv@Genesis:41:14).