Exo 8:2-7, Psa 78:45, 105:30 | TSK | STEP | refuse. frogs.The Hebrew {tzephardêim} is evidently the same with the Arabic {zafda,} Chaldaic {oordeânaya,} and Syriac {oordeai,} all of which denote frogs, as almost all interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree to render it; Bochart conceives, from {tzifa,} a bank, and {radâ,} mud, because of delighting in muddy and marshy places.

Exodus 8:2-7

refuse.

frogs.The Hebrew {tzephardêim} is evidently the same with the Arabic {zafda,} Chaldaic {oordeânaya,} and Syriac {oordeai,} all of which denote frogs, as almost all interpreters, both ancient and modern, agree to render it; Bochart conceives, from {tzifa,} a bank, and {radâ,} mud, because of delighting in muddy and marshy places.

Ps 78:45; 105:30; Re 16:13,14

kneading troughs. or, dough.

12:34

Ps 107:40; Isa 19:11,22; 23:9; Da 4:37; Ac 12:22,23

7:19

and the frogs.Whether the frog among the Egyptians was an object of reverence or abhorrence is uncertain. It might have been both at the same time, as many objects are known to have been among particular nations; for proof of which see the very learned Jacob Bryant, on the Plagues of Egypt, pp. 31-34.

Le 11:12; Ps 78:45; 105:30; Re 16:13

7:11,22; De 13:1-3; Mt 24:24; 2Th 2:9-11; 2Ti 3:8; Re 13:14

Psalms 78:45

sent.

105:31; Ex 8:21-24

frogs.

105:30; Ex 8:2-15; Re 16:3

Psalms 105:30

brought.

78:45; Ex 8:3-14; Re 16:13,14