HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4554
מִסְפּוֹא
mis.po — fodder
fodder, feed
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Fodder
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1098
בְּלִיל
be.lil — fodder
fodder
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8401
תֶּ֫בֶן
te.ven — straw
1) straw, stubble 1a) as building material 1b) as fodder for livestock
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1008
βοτάνη
botanē — crop
βοτάνη, -ῆς, ἡ (βόσκω), [in LXX for עֵשֶׂב, דֶשֶׁא, חָצִיר ;] 1. grass, fodder. 2. green herb: Heb.6:7.† SYN.: λάχανον, a garden herb, a vegetable. (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3846
παραβάλλω
paraballō — to arrive
παρα-βάλλω [in LXX: Pro.2:2 4:20 5:1, 13 22:17 (נָטָה hi.), Rut.2:16 (שָׁלַל), 2Ma.14:38 (elsewhere as seel.4)* ;] 1. to throw to or beside, as fodder to horses (Hom., al.). 2. to lay beside, compare (Hdt., Plat., al.): Mrk.4:30, Rec. 3. Reflexive, to betake oneself, come near; of seamen, to cross over: εἰς Σάμον, Act.20:15. 4. In mid. = παραβολεύομαι, which see† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5527
χόρτασμα
chortasma — food
χόρτασμα, -τος, τό (χορτάζω), [in LXX: Gen.24:25, 32 42:27 43:24, Jdg.19:19 (מִסְפּוֹא), Deu.11:16 (עֶשֶׂב), (Sir.33:24) Sir.38:26 * ;] fodder (Polyb., Plut., al.): pl., Act.7:11 (RV, sustenance).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21342
χλωροβοτάνη
chlōrobotanē — green fodder
green fodder
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Heb. belil, (Job 6:5), meaning properly a mixture or medley (Lat. farrago), “made up of various kinds of grain, as wheat, barley, vetches, and the like, all mixed together, and then sown or given to cattle” (Job 24:6, A.V. “corn,” R.V. “provender;” Isa. 30:24, provender”).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.