Bunch
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.
Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Bunch'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/b/bunch.html. 1897.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Bunch . Besides meaning bundle (of hyssop, Exodus 12:22 , Heb. ‘something tied together’) and cluster (of ralsins, 2 Samuel 16:1 , 1 Chronicles 12:40 , Heb. ‘something dried ’), bunch is used also for the hump of a camel in Isaiah 30:6 . Cf. Shaks. Rich. III . I. iii. 248
‘This pois’nous bunch-back’d toad.’
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein.
(2): (n.) A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.
(3): (n.) A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.
(4): (v. i.) To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
(5): (v. t.) To form into a bunch or bunches.
King James Dictionary [4]
BUNCH, n.
1. A protuberance a hunch a knob or lump as the bunch on a camel's back. 2. A cluster a number of the same kind growing together as a bunch of grapes. 3. A number of things tied together as a bunch of keys a bunch or rods. 4. A collection of things a knot as a bunch of hair a bunch of trees.
BUNCH, To swell out in a protuberance to be protuberant or round.
BUNCH, To form or tie in a bunch or bunches.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
אֲגֻדָּה , Aguddah', A Bundle of hyssop ( Exodus 12:22; elsewhere "burden" or Yoke, Isaiah 58:6 ' "Troop" of men, 2 Samuel 2:25); צַמּוּק , Tsimmuk', a Bunch Of Dried Raisins ( 2 Samuel 16:1; 1 Chronicles 12:40; elsewhere "cluster of raisins"); דִּבֶּשֶׁת , Dabbe'Sheth, the hump of a camel ( Isaiah 30:6), so called from the Softness of the flesh, being a mere lump of fat (see Burckhardt, Notes On The Bedouins, 2, 82 sq.).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
bunsh : Is used of (1) a "bunch of hyssop" ( Exodus 12:22 , אגדּה , 'ăghuddāh ); (2) a "cluster of raisins" ( 2 Samuel 16:1 the King James Version; 1 Chronicles 12:40 the King James Version צמּוּק , cı̄mmūḳ = "something dried or shriveled"); (3) a "camel's hump" ( Isaiah 30:6 the King James Version דּבּשׁת , dabbesheth ): of obscure etymology.
