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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_194577" /> == | |||
<p> ( סוּ, suph, Jonah 2:6; elsewhere rendered "flag," Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 19:6, but usually as an epithet of the Red Sea, lit. the weed-sea; Sept. φῦκος; Lat. alga, see Pliny, 31:46,4; 9:25), the sea-weed (Fucus natans of Linn.; Fucus marinus, Pliny, 26:66 and 79), a sort of sea-grass with lanciform, serrated leaves, and threadlike knotted stalks, which grows in great abundance on the shores of the [[Mediterranean]] ( Jonah 2:6; see Hirtius, Bell. Afric. 24), but especially of the Hellespont (Ovid, Heroid. 18:108; Belon, Observ. 2:3), as likewise of the Red Sea (comp. Strabo, 16:773; Diod. Sic. 3:19, μνίον ), the last taking its name ( יִם סוּ ) from that circumstance. (See [[Red Sea]]). The plant is described by [[Acosta]] (in Clusii Exoticor. Libb. [Antw. 1605], page 293), Delile (Flora AEgypt. in Descr. de I'Egypte, 19:113), Bochart (Phaleg, 4:29), [[Celsius]] (Hierobot. 2:67 sq.). There are several varieties (see Pliny, 27:25; 32:22; Galen, Med. Sinpl. vin.l 21, 9), of which it is uncertain which is the [[Egyptian]] species (Pliny, 13:44; Theophr. Plant. 4:9: see Gesenius, Thesaur. page 944). (See [[Flag]]). Noxious weeds in general seem to be denoted by the phrase "thorns and thistles" ( | <p> (1): (n.) Fig.: [[Something]] unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless. </p> <p> (2): (n.) Tobacco, or a cigar. </p> <p> (3): (v. t.) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes. </p> <p> (4): (v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive. </p> <p> (5): (v. t.) To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate. </p> <p> (6): (v. t.) To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden. </p> <p> (7): (n.) A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment. </p> <p> (8): (n.) An animal unfit to breed from. </p> <p> (9): (n.) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant. </p> <p> (10): (n.) Underbrush; low shrubs. </p> <p> (11): (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed. </p> <p> (12): (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65626" /> == | |||
<p> (סוּ, suph, Jonah 2:6; elsewhere rendered "flag," Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 19:6, but usually as an epithet of the [[Red]] Sea, lit. the weed-sea; Sept. φῦκος; Lat. alga, see Pliny, 31:46,4; 9:25), the sea-weed (Fucus natans of Linn.; Fucus marinus, Pliny, 26:66 and 79), a sort of sea-grass with lanciform, serrated leaves, and threadlike knotted stalks, which grows in great abundance on the shores of the [[Mediterranean]] (Jonah 2:6; see Hirtius, Bell. Afric. 24), but especially of the Hellespont (Ovid, Heroid. 18:108; Belon, Observ. 2:3), as likewise of the Red [[Sea]] (comp. Strabo, 16:773; Diod. Sic. 3:19, μνίον ), the last taking its name (יִם סוּ ) from that circumstance. (See [[Red Sea]]). The plant is described by [[Acosta]] (in Clusii Exoticor. Libb. [Antw. 1605], page 293), Delile (Flora AEgypt. in Descr. de I'Egypte, 19:113), Bochart (Phaleg, 4:29), [[Celsius]] (Hierobot. 2:67 sq.). There are several varieties (see Pliny, 27:25; 32:22; Galen, Med. Sinpl. vin.l 21, 9), of which it is uncertain which is the [[Egyptian]] species (Pliny, 13:44; Theophr. Plant. 4:9: see Gesenius, Thesaur. page 944). (See [[Flag]]). Noxious weeds in general seem to be denoted by the phrase "thorns and thistles" (Genesis 3:18). (See [[Thorn]]). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_194577"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/weed Weed from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_65626"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/weed Weed from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_65626"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/weed Weed from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) Fig.: Something unprofitable or troublesome; anything useless.
(2): (n.) Tobacco, or a cigar.
(3): (v. t.) To reject as unfit for breeding purposes.
(4): (v. t.) To free from anything hurtful or offensive.
(5): (v. t.) To take away, as noxious plants; to remove, as something hurtful; to extirpate.
(6): (v. t.) To free from noxious plants; to clear of weeds; as, to weed corn or onions; to weed a garden.
(7): (n.) A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.
(8): (n.) An animal unfit to breed from.
(9): (n.) Any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant.
(10): (n.) Underbrush; low shrubs.
(11): (n.) A sudden illness or relapse, often attended with fever, which attacks women in childbed.
(12): (n.) An article of dress worn in token of grief; a mourning garment or badge; as, he wore a weed on his hat; especially, in the plural, mourning garb, as of a woman; as, a widow's weeds.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(סוּ, suph, Jonah 2:6; elsewhere rendered "flag," Exodus 2:3; Isaiah 19:6, but usually as an epithet of the Red Sea, lit. the weed-sea; Sept. φῦκος; Lat. alga, see Pliny, 31:46,4; 9:25), the sea-weed (Fucus natans of Linn.; Fucus marinus, Pliny, 26:66 and 79), a sort of sea-grass with lanciform, serrated leaves, and threadlike knotted stalks, which grows in great abundance on the shores of the Mediterranean (Jonah 2:6; see Hirtius, Bell. Afric. 24), but especially of the Hellespont (Ovid, Heroid. 18:108; Belon, Observ. 2:3), as likewise of the Red Sea (comp. Strabo, 16:773; Diod. Sic. 3:19, μνίον ), the last taking its name (יִם סוּ ) from that circumstance. (See Red Sea). The plant is described by Acosta (in Clusii Exoticor. Libb. [Antw. 1605], page 293), Delile (Flora AEgypt. in Descr. de I'Egypte, 19:113), Bochart (Phaleg, 4:29), Celsius (Hierobot. 2:67 sq.). There are several varieties (see Pliny, 27:25; 32:22; Galen, Med. Sinpl. vin.l 21, 9), of which it is uncertain which is the Egyptian species (Pliny, 13:44; Theophr. Plant. 4:9: see Gesenius, Thesaur. page 944). (See Flag). Noxious weeds in general seem to be denoted by the phrase "thorns and thistles" (Genesis 3:18). (See Thorn).
