Bible Dictionary: Edible

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as, edible fishes.

2. (n.) Anything edible.

Greek

1034. brosimos -- edible
... edible. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: brosimos Phonetic Spelling:
(bro'-sim-os) Short Definition: eatable, suitable for food Definition: eatable ...
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4621. sitos -- grain
... wheat, grain. 4621 -- a generic term for any edible grain -- typically (), but
sometimes barley, etc. Word Origin a prim. word Definition ...
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3131. manna -- manna
... manna. Of Hebrew origin (man); manna (ie Man), an edible gum -- manna. see HEBREW
man. (manna) -- 4 Occurrences. 3130, 3131. manna. 3132 . Strong's Numbers
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Strong's Hebrew

398. akal -- to eat
... 7), dine (1), eat (398), eat freely (1), eaten (66), eaten at all (2), eaten freely
(1), eater (2), eater's (1), eating (25), eats (29), edible (2), enjoys (2 ...
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Library

Footnotes:
... {111b} Steatornis Caripensis. {115a} Gynerium saccharoides. {115b} Xanthosoma;
a huge plant like our Arums, with an edible root. {115c} Costus. ...
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Concerning Earth and Its Products.
... Again, amongst plants and herbs some are fruit bearing, others edible, others fragrant
and flowery, given to us for our enjoyment, for example, the rose and ...
/.../john/exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter x concerning earth and its.htm

The Second Day in Passion-Week - the Barren Fig-Tree - the ...
... the fact that it was in leaf, which is quite unusual at that season on the Mount
of Olives, [5082] The old fruit would, of course, have been edible, and in ...
/.../edersheim/the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter ii the second day.htm

How the Steps in the Passion of the Saviour were Predetermined in ...
... But why call His body bread, and not rather (some other edible thing, say) a
melon, [5086] which Marcion must have had in lieu of a heart! ...
/.../tertullian/the five books against marcion/chapter xl how the steps in.htm

Barren Fig-Tree. Temple Cleansed.
... usually appears before the leaves, the leaves were a promise that fruit might be
found, and the fruit, though not perfectly ripe, is considered edible when the ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cvi barren fig-tree temple cleansed.htm

Was it for this He Sent Souls, that Some Should Infest the ...
... ice." [Our Scottish translators have used their local word, "iced haggises:" I have
put puddings instead, which gives us, at least, an idea of something edible ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/42 was it for this.htm

As God is the Author of Patience So the Devil is of Impatience.
... After the edible rain of the manna, after the watery following [9072] of the rock,
they despair of the Lord in not enduring a three-days' thirst; [9073] for ...
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The Nuns of the Primitive Church
... recluse, dwelling, like an animal, in a hollow tree, or a drove of half wild and
wholly maniacal humans who subsisted by browsing on such edible roots as they ...
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What Carey did for Science --Founder of the Agricultural and ...
... I find fewer varieties of vegetables than I could have conceived in so large a country.
Edible vegetables are scarce, and fruit far from plentiful. ...
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Jesus Tempted in the Wilderness.
... Adam greatly exceeded in strength that of the first, for Adam abstained as to a
particular fruit, but Christ fasted as to all things edible], he afterward ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/xix jesus tempted in the.htm

Thesaurus

Edible (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Fit to be eaten as food; eatable; esculent; as,
edible fishes. 2. (n.) Anything edible. ...Edible (2 Occurrences). ...
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Kernel (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The inner part of a grain or seed, often the edible part; all that is within
the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence ...
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Fowl (73 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
2. (n.) Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey ...
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Cereal (124 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Pertaining to grasses with edible seeds,
as wheat, maize, rice, etc., or to their seeds or grain. ...
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Edict (22 Occurrences)

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Thorn (30 Occurrences)
... curse on the ground for sin. The Talmud suggests that these must be edible
and are therefore artichokes. The removal of them and ...
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Vegetable (3 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A plant used or cultivated for food for man or domestic animals, as the
cabbage, turnip, potato, bean, dandelion, etc.; also, the edible part of such a ...
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Gourd (4 Occurrences)
... its familiar poisonous properties, as a drastic cathartic, made it unlikely that
under any circumstances its fruit could be mistaken for any edible gourd; it is ...
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Grape (20 Occurrences)
... VINE.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A well-known edible berry growing
in pendent clusters or bunches on the grapevine. The ...
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Wild (147 Occurrences)
... its familiar poisonous properties, as a drastic cathartic, made it unlikely that
under any circumstances its fruit could be mistaken for any edible gourd; it is ...
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Bible Concordance

Edible (2 Occurrences)

Genesis 6:21 Take with you of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them."
(See NAS)

Leviticus 11:47 to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.'"
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Edible

Related Terms

Kernel (4 Occurrences)

Fowl (73 Occurrences)

Cereal (124 Occurrences)

Edict (22 Occurrences)

Thorn (30 Occurrences)

Vegetable (3 Occurrences)

Gourd (4 Occurrences)

Grape (20 Occurrences)

Wild (147 Occurrences)