Morsel

King James Dictionary

MOR'SEL, n. from L. morsus, a bite, form mordeo.

1. A bite a mouthful a small piece of food.

Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion.

2. A piece a meal something to be eaten.

On these herbs and fruits and flowers

Feed first, on each beast next and fish and fowl,

No homely morsels.

3. A small quantity of something not eatable. Improper.

Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types

 Proverbs 17:1 (b) This figure is used as a type of earth's poorest possessions. It is better to have a very little of anything with a quiet heart, than to have a great supply of everything with a troubled heart.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A little bite or bit of food.

(2): ( n.) A small quantity; a little piece; a fragment.

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

Meat

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(prop. פִּת , a Bit, especially of food,  Ruth 2:14, etc.; Βρῶσις ',  Hebrews 12:16; in the plur. Crumbs,  Leviticus 2:6, etc.; and so of a piece of ice or Hail,  Psalms 147:17; once [ 1 Samuel 2:36] incorrectly for כַּכָּר , Kikkcar', a Circle or "loaf' of bread, as elsewhere). (See Bread).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

môr´sel ( βρῶσις , brṓsis ): Found only in   Hebrews 12:16 the King James Version, "For one morsel of meat (the Revised Version (British and American) "mess of meat") sold his birthright," literally, "for one eating," i.e. one meal. The Great Bible (Cranmer's) has "for one mease of meat."