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lentils

Meaning of “lentils”

Edible pulse seeds used as food or grown as a field crop.

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4 occurrences4 verses3 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 25:34

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Every verse containing “lentils”

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Genesis 25:34
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:34 · retained source text

Then Iacob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eate and drinke, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

2 Samuel 17:28
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:28 · retained source text

Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and floure, and parched corne, & beanes, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

1611 marginal noteOr, cups.

2 Samuel 23:11
And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 23:11 · retained source text

And after him was Shammah the sonne of Agee the Hararite: and the Philistines were gathered together into a troupe, where was a piece of ground full of lentiles: and the people fled from the Philistines.

1611 marginal noteOr, for forraging.

1611 marginal note1.Chron. 11.27.

Ezekiel 4:9
¶ Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:9 · retained source text

¶ Take thou also vnto thee wheat, and barley, and beanes, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessell, and make thee bread thereof according to the number of the dayes that thou shalt lie vpon thy side; three hundreth and ninetie dayes shalt thou eate thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, spelt.

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