Mule

Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet

a hybrid animal, the offspring of a horse and an ass. "The mule is smaller than the horse, and is a remarkably hardy, patient, obstinate, sure-footed animal, living, ordinarily, twice as long as a horse." --McClintock and Strongs Cyclopedia. It was forbidden to the Israelites to breed mules, but sometimes they imported them. It would appear that only kings and great men rode on mules. We do not read of mules at all in the New Testament; perhaps therefore they had ceased to be imported.

In other dictionaries

Read “donkey, mule” in the 4 dictionaries

MuleEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
MuleInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
donkey, muleTranslation Words

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William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 1.3, based on the 1884 Peloubet revision with later digital enrichments preserved