Bible Dictionaries
Cockle
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
ba'esha , from a root "to stink" (Job 31:40). Probably the "tares" (zizania ) of Matthew 13:30. Bad weeds in general; or barley affected by Uredo fetida , "the stinking rust."
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Cockle'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/fbd/c/cockle.html. 1949.