Dict: smith - DOG

smith:

DOG - D>@ - an animal frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was used by the hebrews as a watch for their houses, kjv@Isaiah:56:10) and for guarding their flocks. kjv@Job:30:1) Then also, as now troops of hungry and semi-wild dogs used to wander about the fields and the streets of the cities, devouring dead bodies and other offal, (Kings:14:11; 21:19,23; 22:38; kjv@Psalms:59:6) and thus became so savage and fierce and such objects of dislike that fierce and cruel enemies are poetically styled dogs in kjv@Psalms:22:16 kjv@Psalms:22:20) moreover the dog being an unclean animal, kjv@Isaiah:66:3) the epithets dog, dead dog, dog’s head, were used as terms of reproach or of humility in speaking of one’s self. ( kjv@1Samuel:24:14; 2 Samuel kjv@3:8; 9:8; 16:9; kjv@2Kings:8:13)