Occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the "tares" or darnel of Matthew 13:30. In Isaiah 5:2, 4 the plural form is rendered "wild grapes." 1. (n.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

2. (n.) A cockleshell.

3. (n.) The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners.

4. (n.) The fire chamber of a furnace.

5. (n.) A hop-drying kiln; a cast.

6. (n.) The dome of a heating furnace.

7. (v. t.) To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting.

8. (n.) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage).

9. (n.) The Lotium, or darnel.

COCKLE

kok'-'-l (King James Version margin "stinking weeds," the Revised Version, margin "noisome weeds"; bo'shah, from Hebrew root ba'ash, "to stink"; batos): "Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley" (Job 31:40). On account of the meaning of the Hebrew root we should expect that the reference was rather to repulsive, offensive weeds than to the pretty corn cockle. It is very possible that no particular plant is here intended, though the common Palestinian "stinking" arums have been suggested by Hooker.

890. boshah -- stinking or noxious weeds
... cockle. Feminine of b'osh; stink-weed or any other noxious or useless plant -- cockle.
see HEBREW b'osh. 889, 890. boshah. 891 . Strong's Numbers.
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Whether Heretics Ought to be Tolerated?
... Objection 3: Further, the Master commanded his servants (Mat.13:30) to suffer the
cockle "to grow until the harvest," ie the end of the world, as a gloss ...
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Whether Unbelievers Ought to be Compelled to the Faith?
... For it is written (Mat.13:28) that the servants of the householder, in whose field
cockle had been sown, asked him: "Wilt thou that we go and gather it up ...
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Advice for the Direction of Holy Zeal.
... are wont to outrun their master's intention, for his servants presenting themselves
unto him to go and weed his field in order to root out the cockle: No, said ...
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Whether it is Lawful to Kill Sinners?
... sinned. For our Lord in the parable (Mat.13) forbade the uprooting of
the cockle which denotes wicked men according to a gloss. ...
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Whether Vengeance Should be Wrought by Means of Punishments ...
... For to put a man to death is to uproot him. But our Lord forbade (Mat.13:29) the
uprooting of the cockle, whereby the children of the wicked one are signified. ...
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Whether a Sentence of Excommunication Can be Passed on a Body of ...
... imitate the judgments of God, prudently decided that a community should not be
excommunicated, lest the wheat be uprooted together with the tares and cockle. ...
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Later English Reformers.
... word.... O that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good
doctrine, as Satan is to sow cockle and darnel!"(366). ...
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Later English Reformers
... O that our prelates would be as diligent to sow the corn of good doctrine, as Satan
is to sow cockle and darnel!""Ibid., "Sermon of the Plough.". ...
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Princely Service.
... a small piece of wood, and had bored a hole in it with her scissors, in which she
had inserted a peg, and on the top had hung half a cockle-shell"certainly ...
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The First Disciples: i. John and Andrew
... Do men look for pearls in cockle-shells, or for gold in coal-pits; and why should
you look for rest of heart, mind, conscience, spirit, anywhere and in ...
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Cockle (1 Occurrence)
... 9. (n.) The Lotium, or darnel. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. COCKLE.
kok'-'-l ... Hooker. Multi-Version Concordance Cockle (1 Occurrence). Job ...
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Noisome (7 Occurrences)
... King James Version margin as the translation of bo'shah, "noisome weeds," the King
James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "cockle," as in ...
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Weeds (14 Occurrences)
... WEEDS. wedz (cuph, "a weed" (Jonah 2:5)). See FLAG; COCKLE; RED SEA. ... Job 31:40 Let
thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. ...
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Cock's (7 Occurrences)

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Grapes (74 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GRAPES, WILD. (be'ushim, Isaiah 5:2, 4): A word
closely allied to bo'shah, Job 31:40, translated "cockle" (which see). ...
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Wild (147 Occurrences)
... EWG Masterman. GRAPES, WILD. (be'ushim, Isaiah 5:2, 4): A word closely allied
to bo'shah, Job 31:40, translated "cockle" (which see). ...
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Thistles (9 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of
wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. ...
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Cocker

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Cockle (1 Occurrence)

Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Cockle

Cockle: A General Term for Obnoxious Plants

Noisome (7 Occurrences)

Weeds (14 Occurrences)

Cock's (7 Occurrences)

Grapes (74 Occurrences)

Wild (147 Occurrences)

Thistles (9 Occurrences)

Cocker

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