the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Cucumber
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Cucumis melo (cantaloupe flowers). Location: Maui, Makawao
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Comments: Cucumis melo, also known as melon
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Cucumber. Cucumis melo (or Cucumis chate). קשא qiššu’a - Strongs: H7180.
From Smith: Cucumbers - (Heb. kishshuim). This word occurs in (Numbers 11:5) as one of the good things of Egypt produces excellent cucumbers, melons, etc., the Cucumis chate being the best of its tribe yet known. Besides the Cucumis chate, the common cucumber ( C. sativus), of which the Arabs distinguish a number of varieties, is common in Egypt. "Both Cucumis chate and C. sativus," says Mr. Tristram, "are now grown in great quantities in Palestine. On visiting the Arab school in Jerusalem (1858) I observed that the dinner which the children brought with them to school consisted, without exception, of a piece of barley cake and a raw cucumber, which they ate rind and all." The "lodge in a garden of cucumbers," (Isaiah 1:8) is a rude temporary shelter erected int eh open grounds where vines, cucumbers, gourds, etc., are grown, in which some lonely man or boy is set to watch, either to guard the plants from robbers or to scare away the foxes and jackals from the vines.
Verses:
- Numbers 11:5
- Isaiah 1:8
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