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TortoiseEASTON'S
(Heb. tsabh). Ranked among the unclean animals (Lev. 11:29). Land tortoises are common in Syria. The LXX. renders the word by “land crocodile.” The word, however, more probably denotes a lizard, called by the modern Arabs dhabb.
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1897), public domain.