{"id":3234,"date":"2024-05-24T19:10:45","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/elephant-biblical-meaning\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T18:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T18:31:16","slug":"elephant-biblical-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/elephant-biblical-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Gli elefanti non sono nella Bibbia, ma il loro avorio s\u00ec"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Elephants are not in the Bible. The animal is never named, in any book \u2014 but its tusks are, repeatedly, and where they turn up says something uncomfortable and worth hearing. Are elephants mentioned in the Bible? No. Not in the law, the histories, the poetry or the Gospels. Some older translations rendered the creature in Job as an elephant, but the Hebrew word there is uncertain and modern versions do not. Israel&#039;s writers described the animals of their own\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elephants are never named in the Bible, but ivory is \u2014 always as the furniture of people comfortable enough to stop noticing a ruin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-mysteries"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22313,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/it\/learn\/hippopotamus-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":3234,"position":0},"title":"Is the Hippopotamus in the Bible? 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