Topic
Leek
7 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 11:5Easton · Nave General scriptures concerning
We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
- 1 Kings 18:5Easton
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- 2 Kings 19:26Easton
Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.
- Job 8:12Easton
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
- Job 40:15Easton
¶ Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox.
- Proverbs 27:25Easton
The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
- Isaiah 15:6Easton
For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 7 references
(Heb. hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered “grass” in 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; “herb” in Job 8:12; “hay” in Prov. 27:25, and Isa. 15:6; “leeks” only in Num. 11:5. This Hebrew word seems to denote in this last passage simply herbs, such as lettuce or savoury herbs cooked as kitchen vegetables, and not necessarily what are now called leeks. The leek was a favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely cultivated there and in Palestine.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Nu 11:5
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.