Bat

The Hebrew word (atalleph’) so rendered (Lev. 11:19; Deut. 14:18) implies “flying in the dark.” The bat is reckoned among the birds in the list of unclean animals. To cast idols to the “moles and to the bats” means to carry them into dark caverns or desolate places to which these animals resort (Isa. 2:20), i.e., to consign them to desolation or ruin.

(Leviticus 11:19; 14:18) Many travellers have noticed the immense numbers of bats that are found in caverns in the East, and Mr. Layard said that on the occasion of a visit to a cavern these noisome beasts compelled him to retreat.

BAT. Lev 11:19. An unclean beast whose resting-places are caves, old ruins, and filthy and desolate places. Hence the allusion Isa 2:20. It has no resemblance to a bird except that it can fly, but the organs it uses for this purpose are altogether different from those of a bird.

BAT. Lev 11:19. An unclean beast whose resting-places are caves, old ruins,
and filthy and desolate places. Hence the allusion Isa 2:20. It has no resemblance to a bird except that it can fly, but the organs it uses for this purpose are altogether different from those of a bird.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A large stick; a club; specifically, a piece of wood with one end thicker or broader than the other, used in playing baseball, cricket, etc.

2. Shale or bituminous shale. Kirwan.

3. A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.

4. A part of a brick with one whole end. Bat bolt (Machinery), a bolt barbed or jagged at its butt or tang to make it hold the more firmly. Knight.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

One of the Cheiroptera, an order of flying mammals, in which the wings are formed by a membrane stretched between the elongated fingers, legs, and tail. The common bats are small and insectivorous. See Cheiroptera and Vampire. Bat tick (Zoöl.), a wingless, dipterous insect of the genus Nycteribia, parasitic on bats.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To strike or hit with a bat or a pole; to cudgel; to beat. Holland.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.