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The large and heavy gland that secretes the bile. In the sacrifices it is named only to point out the caul which is above it. Ex. 29: 13, 22; Lev. 3: 4, etc. To be wounded in the liver is fatal. Prov. 7: 23. The liver being poured out is symbolical of deep anguish. Lam. 2: 11: cf. Job 16: 13. Among the heathen the liver was one of the parts of an animal that were examined in order to foretell events, as practised by the king of Babylon. Ezek. 21: 21.