Topic
Mess
3 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1897–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 43:34Easton · ISBE
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
- 2 Samuel 11:8Easton · ISBE
And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king’s house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king.
- Hebrews 12:16ISBE
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 2 references
A portion of food given to a guest (Gen. 43:34; 2 Sam. 11:8).
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.