衔
xián
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How is 衔 read in the Chinese Bible?
衔 is read xián in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in 1 Samuel 17:34.
- Occurrences
- 2
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First in
- 1 Samuel 17:34
Words it forms in the Bible
- 衔xián× 2variant of 銜|衔[xian2]
Meaning: rank, title; to bite, to hold in the mouth
In the text
- 1 Samuel 17:34
大卫对扫罗说：「你仆人为父亲放羊，有时来了狮子，有时来了熊，从群中衔一只羊羔去。
- Daniel 7:5
又有一兽如熊，就是第二兽，旁跨而坐，口齿内衔着三根肋骨。有吩咐这兽的说：「起来吞吃多肉。」
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.