KJV dictionary & concordance
The external covering of certain fruits, seeds, or grain.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 6:4
Complete exact-word concordance
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk.
All the dayes of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels euen to the huske.
1611 marginal noteOr, Nazariteship.
1611 marginal noteHeb. Vine of the wine.
¶ And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat.
¶ And there came a man from Baal-Shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twentie loaues of barley, and full eares of corne in the huske thereof: and he said, Giue vnto the people, that they may eate.
1611 marginal noteOr, in his scrip, or garment.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The external covering of certain fruits or seeds of plants. It is the calyx of the flower or glume of corn and grasses, formed of valves embracing the seed.
