HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4260
מַחֲמָאֹת
ma.cha.ma.ah — butter
1) curd-like, smooth, unctuous, hypocritical 1a) words of flattery (fig.)
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Butter
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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GREEK · G6694
βούτυρον
bouturon — butter
butter
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חֶמְאָה
chem.ah — curd
curd, butter
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(Heb. hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2 Sam. 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream, called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17; 29:6; Deut. 32:14). The words of Prov. 30:33 have been rendered by some “the pressure [not churning] of milk bringeth forth cheese.”
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.