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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Provender
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
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PROVENDER. 1 . mispô′ ( Genesis 24:25; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 42:27; Genesis 43:24 , Judges 19:19; Judges 19:21 ), a general name for cattle food. 2 . bÄ•lîl , Job 6:5 ‘ fodder ’; bÄ•lîl châmîts , Isaiah 30:24 ‘clean (AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘savoury,’ RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘salted’) provender,’ i.e. fodder mixed with salt or aromatic herbs. The ordinary food of cattle in Palestine besides pasturage is tibn (broken straw), kursenneh (the vetch, Vicia ervilia ), bran (for fattening especially), and sometimes hay made from the flowering herbs of spring.
E. W. G. Masterman.
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Provender'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/p/provender.html. 1909.
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Provender'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/p/provender.html. 1909.
