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Straw

10 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.

These works date from 1884–1897 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 They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently.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.

Exodus 5:7Smith · Nave Used for brick
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
Isaiah 11:7Easton · Smith
And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
Isaiah 65:25Easton · Nave Used for fodder
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
Genesis 24:25Smith
She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in.
Genesis 24:32Nave Used for fodder
¶ And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.
Exodus 5:7–18Easton
Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle;…
Exodus 5:16Smith
There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
1 Kings 4:28Smith
Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
Job 41:27Easton
He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
Isaiah 25:10Easton
For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

In the reference works

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 5 references

Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 5 references

Both wheat and barley straw were used by the ancient Hebrews chiefly as fodder for the horses cattle and camels. (Genesis 24:25; 1 Kings 4:28; Isaiah 11:7; 66:25) There is no intimation that straw was used for litter. It was employed by the Egyptians for making bricks, (Exodus 5:7,16) being chopped up and mixed with the clay to make them more compact and to prevent their cracking. [See BRICK] The ancient Egyptians reaped their corn close to the ear, and afterward cut the straw close to the ground and laid it by. This was the straw that Pharaoh refused to give to the Israelites who were therefore compelled to gather "stubble" instead --a matter of considerable difficulty, seeing that the straw itself had been cut off near to the ground.

In the topical indexes

Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 3 references, grouped by sub-topic

→ Used for fodder Ge 24:32; Isa 65:25
→ Used for brick Ex 5:7

Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); 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.

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