Dictionaries :: Corn

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Corn:

The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen 27:28, 37, Num 18:27, Deu 28:51, Lam 2:12, is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas, beans. With this corresponds the use of the word in John 12:24.

In Gen 41:35, 49, Pro 11:26, Joe 2:24 ("wheat"), the word thus translated (bar; i.e., "winnowed") means corn purified from chaff. With this corresponds the use of the word in the New Testament (Mat 3:12; Luk 3:17; Act 7:12). In Psa 65:13 it means "growing corn."

In Gen 42:1, 2, 19, Jos 9:14, Neh 10:31 ("victuals"), the word (sheber; i.e., "broken," i.e., grist) denotes generally victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food.

From the time of Solomon, corn began to be exported from Palestine (Eze 27:17; Amo 8:5). "Plenty of corn" was a part of Issac's blessing conferred upon Jacob (Gen 27:28; Psa 65:13).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Corn:

korn (daghan; sitos): A word used for cereals generally (Ge 27:28,37, etc., the King James Version) much as our English word "corn." the American Standard Revised Version almost invariably substitutes "grain" for "corn." The latter may be taken to include

(1) barley,

(2) wheat,

(3) fitches (vetches),

(4) lentils,

(5) beans,

(6) millet,

(7) rye-the wrong translation for vetches,

(8) pulse-for all these see separate articles.

Rye and oats are not cultivated in Palestine For many references to corn see AGRICULTURE; FOOD. "A corn kokkos, the Revised Version (British and American) "grain" of wheat" is mentioned (Joh 12:24).

Nave's Topical Bible

Corn: Definition Of

A general term applied to all grains.

Corn: In Valleys

Psa 65:13; Mar 4:28

Corn: A Product Of

Egypt,

Gen 41:47-49;

Palestine,

Deu 33:28; Eze 27:17.

Corn: Parched

Rth 2:14; 1Sa 17:17; 25:18; 2Sa 17:28

Corn: Ground

2Sa 17:19

Corn: Eaten by the Israelites

Jos 5:11, 12

Corn: Shocks Of

Burnt,

Jdg 15:5.

Corn: Heads Of

Plucked by Christ's Disciples,

Mat 12:1.

Corn: Mosaic Laws Concerning

Exd 22:6; Deu 23:25

Corn: Figurative

Psa 72:16; Hsa 14:7; Jhn 12:24

Corn: Symbolical

Gen 41:5

Corn: References Concerning

See BARLEY; BARN; BREAD; FIRSTFRUITS; GLEANING; HARVEST; REAPING; RYE; THRESHING; TITHES; WHEAT.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Corn:

The most common kinds were wheat, barley, spelt, (Authorized Version Exodus 9:32 and Isaiah 28:25) "Rye;" (Ezekiel 4:9). "fitches" and millet; oats are mentioned only by rabbinical writers. Our Indian corn was unknown in Bible times. Corn‐crops are still reckoned at twenty‐fold what was sown, and were anciently much more (Genesis 41:22). The Jewish law permitted any one in passing through a filed of standing corn to pluck and eat (Deuteronomy 23:25; see also Matt 12:1) From Solomon's time (2 Chronicles 2:10; 2:15) as agriculture became developed under a settled government, Palestine was a corn‐exporting country, and her grain was largely taken by her commercial neighbor Tyre (Ezekiel 27:17; compare Amos 8:5).