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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_101102" /> == | |||
<p> (1): </p> <p> (n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. </p> <p> (2): </p> <p> (n.) A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef. </p> <p> (3): </p> <p> (v.i) To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot. </p> <p> (4): </p> <p> (v. t.) To pelt with clods. </p> <p> (5): </p> <p> (v. t.) To throw violently; to hurl. </p> <p> (6): </p> <p> (n.) A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt </p> <p> (7): </p> <p> (n.) That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul. </p> <p> (8): </p> <p> (n.) The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf. </p> | |||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2499" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2499" /> == | ||
<p> In Job 7:5 ( גּישׁ , <i> '''''gı̄sh''''' </i> , גּוּשׁ , <i> '''''gūsh''''' </i> , "a mass of earth"), "clods of dust," the crust of his sores, formed by the dry, swollen skin - a symptom of leprosy, though not peculiar to it. In Job 21:33; Job 38:38 ( <i> '''''reghebh''''' </i> , "a soft clod," "lump of clay"), "The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him," "The clods cleave fast together." In Joel 1:17 ( מגרפה , <i> '''''meghrāphāh''''' </i> , "a furrow," "something thrown off" (by the spade)), "The seeds rot (m "shrivel") under their clods." </p> <p> Figurative: "Jacob shall break his clods" ( Hosea 10:11 ), i.e. "must harrow for himself," used figuratively of spiritual discipline (compare Isaiah 28:24 the King James Version). </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33042" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_33042" /> == | ||
<p> גּוּשׁ, gush, or גְּישׁ, gish, Job 7:5, a lump of earth; מֶגְרָפָה, megraphah', Joel 1:17, a spadeful of earth; רֶגֶב, re'geb, Job 21:33; Job 38:38, a mass of earth; שָׂדִד, sadad', to "break clods," Isaiah 28:24; Hosea 10:11; to "harrow," Job 39:10, prop. to level the plowed field. (See [[Agriculture]]). </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_101102"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/clod Clod from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_2499"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/clod Clod from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_33042"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/clod Clod from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 21:17, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1):
(n.) A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.
(2):
(n.) A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.
(3):
(v.i) To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.
(4):
(v. t.) To pelt with clods.
(5):
(v. t.) To throw violently; to hurl.
(6):
(n.) A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt
(7):
(n.) That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.
(8):
(n.) The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
In Job 7:5 ( גּישׁ , gı̄sh , גּוּשׁ , gūsh , "a mass of earth"), "clods of dust," the crust of his sores, formed by the dry, swollen skin - a symptom of leprosy, though not peculiar to it. In Job 21:33; Job 38:38 ( reghebh , "a soft clod," "lump of clay"), "The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him," "The clods cleave fast together." In Joel 1:17 ( מגרפה , meghrāphāh , "a furrow," "something thrown off" (by the spade)), "The seeds rot (m "shrivel") under their clods."
Figurative: "Jacob shall break his clods" ( Hosea 10:11 ), i.e. "must harrow for himself," used figuratively of spiritual discipline (compare Isaiah 28:24 the King James Version).
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
גּוּשׁ, gush, or גְּישׁ, gish, Job 7:5, a lump of earth; מֶגְרָפָה, megraphah', Joel 1:17, a spadeful of earth; רֶגֶב, re'geb, Job 21:33; Job 38:38, a mass of earth; שָׂדִד, sadad', to "break clods," Isaiah 28:24; Hosea 10:11; to "harrow," Job 39:10, prop. to level the plowed field. (See Agriculture).
