Weeds

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Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]

Weeds . 1. sûph ,   Jonah 2:6 , referring to sea-weeds (cf. the designation yam sûph ‘sea of weeds,’ applied to the Red Sea [wh. see]). 2. Gr. chortos , Sir 40:16 , used in the same indefinite sense as Eng. ‘weeds.’

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

wēdz ( סוּף , ṣūph , "a weed" (  Jonah 2:5 )). See Flag; Cockle; Red Sea .

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