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Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects

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Credit: ChriKo

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Comments: Lentil plants, Lens culinaris, photographed near Meknès, Morocco.

 

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Comments: Close up of lentil plant, pods.

 

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Comments: 3 lentils with transparent background. Puy (left), green (center), and red (right) lentils.

 

Lentil. Lens esculenta. עדש‘ăḏāša - Strongs: H5742.

From Easton: Lentiles - (Heb. 'adashim), a species of vetch (Genesis 25:34; 2 Samuel 23:11), common in Syria under the name addas. The red pottage made by Jacob was of lentils (Genesis 25:29-34). They were among the provisions brought to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:28). It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant which produces a fruit resembling a bean.

Verses:

  • Genesis 25:34
  • 2 Samuel 17:28
  • 2 Samuel 23:11
  • Ezekiel 4:9
Bibliography Information
Bible Diciontary of Animals, Plants, and other Objects. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​apo/​l/lentil.html. 2024.
 
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