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== Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56166" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament <ref name="term_56166" /> == | ||
<p> <b> | <p> <b> HUSKS. </b> —The only mention of husks (κεράτια, so called from their shape, which resembles ‘horns’) occurs in Luke 15:16. [[Husks]] were the pods of the carob-tree, which is also known as the locust-tree ( <i> Ceratonia siliqua </i> ). This tree, which is common in Palestine, belongs to the order Leguminosae, and is an evergreen. It attains to a height of about 30 feet, and has a dense foliage. Its leaves are of a dark, glossy green. The pods are from 6 to 10 inches in length and 1 in breadth. They contain a thick, sweet pulp, not unpleasant to the palate, and are used as food for pigs, cattle, and horses. They are also, because of their cheapness, eaten by the very poor. </p> <p> Some have identified the pods of the carob with the ‘locusts’ (ἀκρίδες) which John the [[Baptist]] ate ( Matthew 3:4). It is true they are sometimes called ‘St. John’s bread,’ this name having been given to them by the monks of [[Palestine]] or by ‘pious pilgrims’ (Thomson, <i> L </i> B [Note: The Land and the Book.] p. 655), but there can be little doubt that the Baptist’s food was not carob-pods, but the insect, which is still eaten by the wandering Arabs. See Locust. </p> <p> Hugh Duncan. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16286" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16286" /> == | ||
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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77910" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77910" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: κεράτιον ''' (Strong'S #2769 Noun Neuter keration ker-at'-ee-on ) </div> <p> "a little horn" (a diminutive of keras, "a horn;" see | <div> '''1: κεράτιον ''' (Strong'S #2769 Noun Neuter keration ker-at'-ee-on ) </div> <p> "a little horn" (a diminutive of keras, "a horn;" see HORN), is used in the plural in Luke 15:16 , of carob pods, given to swine, and translated "husks." </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51715" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_51715" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> HUSKS </strong> ( <em> keratia </em> , Luke 15:16 ) are almost certainly the pods of the <strong> carob </strong> tree ( <em> Ceratonia siliqua </em> ), commonly called the <strong> locust </strong> tree. This common Palestine tree is distinguished by its beautiful dark glossy foliage. The long pods, which ripen from May to August according to the altitude, are even to-day used as food by the poor; a confection is made from them. But they are used chiefly for cattle. The name ‘St. John’s bread’ is given to these pods, from a tradition that these, and not locusts, composed the food of St. John the Baptist, but see Food, 18. </p> <p> E. W. G. Masterman. </p> | ||
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72778" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_72778" /> == | ||
