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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55534" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_55534" /> == | ||
<p> <b> CUMMIN. </b> —Cummin (or cumin) is the seed of the <i> Cuminum cyminum </i> , an annual herbaceous umbellifer. It has a slender, branching stem, and grows to the height of a foot. The seeds, which are ovoid in form, are strongly aromatic, and have a flavour not unlike that of caraway, but more pungent. [[Cummin]] was used by the | <p> <b> CUMMIN. </b> —Cummin (or cumin) is the seed of the <i> Cuminum cyminum </i> , an annual herbaceous umbellifer. It has a slender, branching stem, and grows to the height of a foot. The seeds, which are ovoid in form, are strongly aromatic, and have a flavour not unlike that of caraway, but more pungent. [[Cummin]] was used by the Jews as a condiment, and also for flavouring bread. It has carminative and other medicinal properties, and was employed not only as a remedy for colic, but also to stanch excessive bleeding, and to allay swellings. It is indigenous to Upper [[Egypt]] and the [[Mediterranean]] countries, but it was also cultivated from early times in Western Asia, India, and China. </p> <p> Cummin is mentioned twice in the [[Bible]] ( Isaiah 28:25-27 בַּסֹן, and Matthew 23:23 κύμινον). In the latter passage Jesus rebukes the Pharisees, because they paid tithe of mint, and anise, and , and omitted the weightier matters of the Law. </p> <p> Literature.— <i> Encyc. Brit. s.v. </i> ; Tristram, <i> Nat. Hist. of the Bible </i> . </p> <p> Hugh Duncan. </p> | ||
== Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80519" /> == | == Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary <ref name="term_80519" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> כמון , Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27; κυμινον , Matthew 23:23 . </p> <p> This is an umbelliferous plant, in appearance resembling fennel, but smaller. Its seeds have a bitterish warm taste, accompanied with an aromatic flavour, not of the most agreeable kind. An essential oil is obtained from them by distillation. The Jews sowed it in their fields, and when ripe threshed out the seeds with a rod, Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27 . The Maltese sow it, and collect the seeds in the same manner. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77042" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77042" /> == | ||
<div> | <div> '''1: κύμινον ''' (Strong'S #2951 Noun Neuter kuminon koo'-min-on ) </div> <p> is an umbelliferous plant with aromatic seeds, used as a condiment, Matthew 23:23 . </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197636" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197636" /> == | ||
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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72021" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72021" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Cummin.''' Cummin is one of the cultivated plants of Palestine. Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27; Matthew 23:23. It is an umbelliferous plant something like fennel. The seeds have a bitterish warm taste and an aromatic flavor. The Maltese are said to grow it at the present day, and to thresh it in the manner described by Isaiah. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15718" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15718" /> == | ||
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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34983" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34983" /> == | ||
<p> An umbelliferous plant like fennel, with aromatic, pungent, carminative seeds; beaten out with a rod, not threshed ( Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27); tithed by the punctilious Pharisees ( Matthew 23:23). "Cummin splitting" was a Greek adage for cheese-paring parsimony (Aristophanes, Wasps). | <p> An umbelliferous plant like fennel, with aromatic, pungent, carminative seeds; beaten out with a rod, not threshed ( Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27); tithed by the punctilious Pharisees ( Matthew 23:23). "Cummin splitting" was a Greek adage for cheese-paring parsimony (Aristophanes, Wasps). Grown still in Malta. </p> | ||
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65619" /> == | == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_65619" /> == | ||
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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69901" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69901" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''Cummin.''' Matthew 23:23. A low herb of the fennel kind, which produces aromatic seeds and is found in Syria. In Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27, reference is made to the manner of sowing and threshing it. </p> | ||
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39595" /> == | == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_39595" /> == | ||
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== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2795" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2795" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kum´in''''' ( | <p> '''''kum´in''''' ( כּמּן , <i> '''''kammōn''''' </i> ; κύμινον , <i> '''''kúminon''''' </i> ): The seed of the herb <i> Cuminum cyminum </i> (Natural Order <i> Umbelliferae </i> ). It has carminative properties and is used for flavoring various dishes, especially during fasts. In flavor and appearance it resembles caraway, though it is less agreeable to western palates. As an illustration of Yahweh's wisdom it is said ( Isaiah 28:25 , Isaiah 28:27 ) that cummin is scattered in sowing and beaten out with a rod in threshing. These facts are true in [[Palestine]] today. The Jews paid tithes of cummin ( Matthew 23:23 ). </p> | ||
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