KJV dictionary & concordance
Edible plant food.
Definition sources
First occurrence: 2 Samuel 17:28
Complete exact-word concordance
Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,
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.
Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
Proue thy seruants, I beseech thee, ten dayes, and let them giue pulse to eat, and water to drinke.
1611 marginal noteHebr. of pulse.
1611 marginal noteHebr. that we may eate, &c.
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
Thus Melzar tooke away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink: and gaue them pulse.
Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
Daniel directly says pulse was given to eat, and 2 Samuel lists it among provisions while separately listing beans and lentils. The edible plant-food class is direct; precise identity remains held.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
