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Flea

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: F By: George A. Morrish

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The well-known small insect, to which David compared himself when being hunted by Saul (1 Sam. 24:14¹⁴After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. (1 Samuel 24:14); 1 Sam. 26:20²⁰Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (1 Samuel 26:20)).

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• First-Begotten, First-Born (Bekor, πρωτότοκος)

• First-Fruits

• Fish, Fishers, Fishing

• Flax (Pishtah, λίνον)

• Flea

• Flesh (σάρξ)

• Fleshy (σάρκινος)

• Flock, Tower of the

• Flower of Age

• Flux, Bloody

• Food, Angels'