GREEK · G7988
κέγχρος
kegchros — millet
1. millet , (Hesiod), etc.; of a single grain, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. anything in small grains , as the spawn of fish , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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Millet
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1764
דֹּ֫חַן
do.chan — millet
millet
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(Heb. dohan; only in Ezek. 4:9), a small grain, the produce of the Panicum miliaceum of botanists. It is universally cultivated in the East as one of the smaller corn-grasses. This seed is the cenchros of the Greeks. It is called in India warree, and by the Arabs dukhan, and is extensively used for food, being often mixed with other grain. In this country it is only used for feeding birds.
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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.