Bible Dictionaries
Corn

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The word so rendered (dagan) in Genesis 27:28,37 , Numbers 18:27 , Deuteronomy 28:51 , Lamentations 2:12 , is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas, beans. With this corresponds the use of the word in John 12:24 .

In Genesis 41:35,49 , Proverbs 11:26 , Joel 2:24 ("wheat"), the word thus translated (bar; i.e., "winnowed") means corn purified from chaff. With this corresponds the use of the word in the New Testament ( Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17; Acts 7:12 ). In Psalm 65:13 it means "growing corn."

In Genesis 42:1,2,19 , Joshua 9:14 , Nehemiah 10:31 ("victuals"), the word (sheber; i.e., "broken," i.e., grist) denotes generally victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food.

From the time of Solomon, corn began to be exported from Palestine ( Ezekiel 27:17; Amos 8:5 ). "Plenty of corn" was a part of Issac's blessing conferred upon Jacob (Genesis 27:28; Compare Psalm 65:13 ).