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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70397" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_70397" /> == | ||
<p> '''Leek.''' | <p> '''Leek.''' A vegetable similar to the onion, after which the [[Israelites]] longed in the wilderness. Numbers 11:5. The same word is elsewhere rendered "grass," 1 Kings 18:5; 2 Kings 19:26; Job 40:15; Psalms 37:2;" herb," Job 8:12 : "hay," Proverbs 27:25, tea. 15:6. The specific translation "leek" is questionable. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138049" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_138049" /> == | ||
<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.) | <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> | <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" /> == | ||
