Dictionaries :: Coriander

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Coriander:

Heb. gad, (Exd 16:31; Num 11:7), seed to which the manna is likened in its form and colour. It is the Coriandrum sativum of botanists, an umbelliferous annual plant with a round stalk, about two feet high. It is widely cultivated in Eastern countries and in the south of Europe for the sake of its seeds, which are in the form of a little ball of the size of a peppercorn. They are used medicinally and as a spice. The Greek name of this plant is korion or koriannon, whence the name "coriander."

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Coriander:

kor-i-an'-der (gadh; korion): The fruit of the Coriandrum Sativum (Natural Order Umbelliferae), a plant indigenous around the Mediterranean and extensively cultivated. The fruits are aromatic and stomatic-carminative. They are of a grayish-yellow color, ribbed, ovate-globular and in size about twice that of a hemp-seed. "The manna was like coriander seed" (Nu 11:7; see also Ex 16:31).

Nave's Topical Bible

Coriander: A Spice

Exd 16:31; Num 11:7

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Coriander:

The plant called Coriandrum sativum is found in Egypt, Persia and India, and has a round tall stalk; it bears umbelliferous white or reddish flowers, from which arise globular, grayish, spicy seed‐corns, marked with fine striae. It is mentioned twice in the Bible (Exodus 16:31; Numbers 11:7).