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Fuel
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or FUEL . The principal ‘fuel [lit. ‘food’] of fire’ ( Isaiah 9:5; Isaiah 9:19 ) in use among the Hebrews was undoubtedly wood, either in its natural state or, among the wealthier classes, as charcoal (see Coal). The trees which furnished the main supply (cf. Isaiah 44:14 ff.) probably differed little from those so employed in Syria at the present day, for which see PEFSt [Note: Quarterly Statement of the same.] ., 1891, 118 ff. Among other sources of supply were shrubs and undergrowth of all kinds, including the broom ( Psalms 120:4 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ) and the buck-thorn ( Psalms 58:9 ); also chaff and other refuse of the threshing-floor ( Matthew 3:12 ); and withered herbage, the ‘grass’ of Matthew 6:30 . The use of dried animal dung as fuel, which is universal in the modern East, was apparently not unknown to the Hebrews (cf. Ezekiel 4:12-15 ). See further, House, § 7 .
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Fuel'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/f/fuel.html. 1909.
