Dwarf
Dwarf
(, dak, beaten small, as in Lev 16:12), an incorrect rendering (Lev 21:20; Sept. , Vulg. lippus) for a lean or emaciated person, i.e., by disease (as in Gen 41:3-24; Lev 13:30). SEE BLEMISH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Dwarf
a lean or emaciated person (Lev. 21:20).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Dwarf
DWARF is the rendering in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] of daq, a word (Lev 21:20) denoting one of the physical disqualifications by which a priest was unfitted for service. The word means thin, lean, small. The conjecture that it here means a dwarf is plausible. But others regard it as meaning an unnaturally thin mana consumptive, perhaps.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Dwarf
dworf: The rendering in English Versions of the Bible of the Hebrew word , dak, thin, small, in Lev 21:20, where a list is given of physical failings which forbade man of the seed of Aaron to officiate at the altar, though he might partake of the sacrificial gifts. The precise meaning of the Hebrew word here is uncertain; elsewhere it is used of the lean kine (Gen 41:3) and blasted ears (Lev 21:23) of Pharaoh’s dream; of the grains of manna (Exo 16:14), of the still, small voice (1Ki 19:12), of dust (Isa 29:5), etc. Septuagint and Vulgate (Jerome’s Latin Bible, 390-405 ad) suggest defective eyes; but withered would perhaps best express the meaning. See PRIESTS AND LEVITES.