HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1385
גְּבִינָה
ge.vi.nah — cheese
cheese, curd
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Cheese
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8194
שְׁפוֹת
sha.phah — cheese
1) cream, cheese 1a) meaning uncertain
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21145
στρυφαλίς
struphalis — cheese
cheese
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9061
σαφώθ
saphōth — cheese
cheese
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9509
τρυφαλίς
truphalis — cheese
cheese
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9845
τυρός
turos — cheese
cheese, curdled
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2461
חָלָב
cha.lav — milk
1) milk, sour milk, cheese 1a) milk 1b) abundance of the land (metaph.) 1c) white (as milk)
40 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21264
τυροφόρος
turophoros — with cheese on it
with cheese on it
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9518
τυρόω
turoō — to curdle into cheese
to curdle into cheese
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
(A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three different Hebrew words: (1.) 1 Sam. 17:18, “ten cheeses;” i.e., ten sections of curd. (2.) 2 Sam. 17:29, “cheese of kine” = perhaps curdled milk of kine. The Vulgate version reads “fat calves.” (3.) Job 10:10, curdled milk is meant by the word.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.