HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3646
כַּמֹּן
kam.mon — cummin
1) cummin, cumin 1a) a seed used as a condiment
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Cummin
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7100
קֶ֫צַח
qe.tsach — dill
1) black cummin 1a) a plant with small black acrid seeds used as a condiment
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(Heb. kammon; i.e., a “condiment”), the fruit or seed of an umbelliferous plant, the Cuminum sativum, still extensively cultivated in the East. Its fruit is mentioned in Isa. 28:25, 27. In the New Testament it is mentioned in Matt. 23:23, where our Lord pronounces a “woe” on the scribes and Pharisees, who were zealous in paying tithes of “mint and anise and cummin,” while they omitted the weightier matters of the law.” “It is used as a spice, both bruised, to mix with bread, and also boiled, in the various messes and stews which compose an Oriental banquet.” Tristram, Natural History.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.