HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1626
גֵּרָה
ge.rah — gerah
gerah, a weight, a 20th part of a shekel, equal to the weight of 16 barley grains or 4 to 5 carob beans
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Beans
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5436
סְבָאִים
se.va.i — Sabeans
People descended from Sheba, a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614) § Sabeans = "drunkards" the people of Seba
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6321
פּוֹל
pol — bean
beans
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8113
κύαμος
kuamos — a bean
1. a bean , Lat. faba, (Iliad by Homer) 2. the lot by which public officers were elected at Athens (because those who drew white beans were chosen), ὁ τῷ κυάμῳ λαχών an officer chosen by lot , (Herdotus Historicus); βουλὴ ἡ ἀπὸ τοῦ κυάμου (Thucydides); ἄρχοντας ἀπὸ κυάμου καθιστάναι (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7615
שְׁבָאִי
she.va.i — Sabean
Someone descended from Sheba who was a man of the Cushites living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.7; son of: Raamah (H7484); brother of: Dedan (H1719B); also called Sabean at Job.1.15; 3x Group of she.va (שְׁבָא "Sheba" H7614) § Sabeans = "drunkard" or "he who is coming" the people of the nation of Sheba
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Mentioned in 2 Sam. 17:28 as having been brought to David when flying from Absalom. They formed a constituent in the bread Ezekiel (4:9) was commanded to make, as they were in general much used as an article of diet. They are extensively cultivated in Egypt and Arabia and Syria.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.