BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3750
kar.kom — saffron
1) saffron 1a) an orange-yellow flower of the crocus family, used for flavouring in drinks and confections in order to promote perspiration for cooling of the body
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8099
krokos — saffron
1. the crocus , (Iliad by Homer) 2. saffron (which is made from its stigmas), (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2261
cha.vats.tse.let — crocus
meadow-saffron, crocus, rose
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21112
spalax — meadow-saffron, Colchicum parnassicum
meadow-saffron, Colchicum parnassicum
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Heb. karkom, Arab. zafran (i.e., “yellow”), mentioned only in Cant. 4:13, 14; the Crocus sativus. Many species of the crocus are found in Palestine. The pistils and stigmata, from the centre of its flowers, are pressed into “saffron cakes,” common in the East. “We found,” says Tristram, “saffron a very useful condiment in travelling cookery, a very small pinch of it giving not only a rich yellow colour but an agreable flavour to a dish of rice or to an insipid stew.”
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
