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== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198020" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_198020" /> == | ||
<p> Numbers 11:5 (c) The six vegetables mentioned in this passage refer to six kinds of pleasures with which the [[Egyptians]] regaled themselves. | <p> Numbers 11:5 (c) The six vegetables mentioned in this passage refer to six kinds of pleasures with which the [[Egyptians]] regaled themselves. None of them are stable, none of them are very profitable, all of them have an unhappy odor, none of them are a source of strength for the body. These are used as types of various kinds of pleasures and pursuits offered by the world to those who belong to this world and have never tasted the heavenly manna. The things which the world offer hardly satisfy for more than one day at a time. The game played today does not satisfy the craving for tomorrow. The music played today is not acceptable tomorrow. The show that is seen today has no attraction for tomorrow. </p> | ||
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70397" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70397" /> == | ||
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138049" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138049" /> == | ||
<p> (1): | <p> (1): (v. i.) To make sport; to gibe; to sneer; to spend time idly. </p> <p> (2): (n.) Three of the same cards held in the same hand; - hence, three of anything. </p> <p> (3): (n.) A jest or scoff; a trick or deception. </p> <p> (4): (n.) An enticing look or glance. </p> <p> (5): (n.) A game at cards, once popular, played by three persons. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16533" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16533" /> == | ||
<p> A bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. The Hebrews complained in the wilderness, that manna grew insipid to them; they longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, Numbers 11:5 . Hassel-quist says the karrat, or leek, is surely one of those after which the | <p> A bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. The Hebrews complained in the wilderness, that manna grew insipid to them; they longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, Numbers 11:5 . Hassel-quist says the karrat, or leek, is surely one of those after which the Israelites pined; for is has been cultivated in [[Egypt]] from time immemorial. The [[Hebrew]] word is usually translated "grass" in the English Bible. Its original meaning is supposed to be greens or grass. </p> | ||
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32454" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_32454" /> == | ||
