Bible Dictionary: Cummin

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Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Hebrews kammon; i.e., a "condiment"), the fruit or seed of an umbelliferous plant, the Cuminum sativum, still extensively cultivated in the East. Its fruit is mentioned in Isaiah 28:25, 27. In the New Testament it is mentioned in Matthew 23:23, where our Lord pronounces a "woe" on the scribes and Pharisees, who were zealous in paying tithes of "mint and anise and cummin," while they omitted the weightier matters of the law." "It is used as a spice, both bruised, to mix with bread, and also boiled, in the various messes and stews which compose an Oriental banquet." Tristram, Natural History.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Same as Cumin.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CUMMIN

kum'-in (kammon; kuminon): The seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum (Natural Order Umbelliferae). It has carminative properties and is used for flavoring various dishes, especially during fasts. In flavor and appearance it resembles caraway, though it is less agreeable to western palates. As an illustration of Yahweh's wisdom it is said (Isaiah 28:25, 27) that cummin is scattered in sowing and beaten out with a rod in threshing. These facts are true in Palestine today. The Jews paid tithes of cummin (Matthew 23:23) (see cut on following page).

Greek

2951. kuminon -- cummin
... cummin. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kuminon Phonetic Spelling:
(koo'-min-on) Short Definition: cumin Definition: cumin, a plant used as a spice ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3646. kammon -- cummin (a plant grown as a condiment)
... 3645, 3646. kammon. 3647 . cummin (a plant grown as a condiment). Transliteration:
kammon Phonetic Spelling: (kam-mone') Short Definition: cummin. ...
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Library

The Husbandman and his Operations
... 25. When lie hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches,
and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed ...
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Isaiah's Discourse
... When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and
scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows and the barley in the ...
/.../various/select masterpieces of biblical literature/iv isaiahs discourse.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xi. 39, "Now do Ye Pharisees ...
... Not wheat only, but wine, and oil; nor this only, but even the most trifling things,
cummin, rue, mint, and anise, [3386] in obedience to God's precept, they ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lvi on the words.htm

Good Works
... The Pharisee said he tithed mint, anise, and cummin; could he prove that God commanded
him to tithe his mint, his anise, and his cummin? Perhaps not. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/good works.htm

Jesus' Last Public Discourse. Denunciation of Scribes and ...
... for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters
of the law, justice, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/cx jesus last public discourse.htm

Christian Morals. Part I.
... Offer not only peace-offerings but holocausts unto God: where all is due make no
reserve, and cut not a cummin-seed with the Almighty: to serve Him singly to ...
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Hypocrisy
... broken, than if really wrong and wicked things are done; and like the Pharisees
of old, to be careful in paying tithe of mint, anise, and cummin, the commonest ...
/.../kingsley/town and country sermons/sermon xxxvii hypocrisy.htm

But Now, what it is Necessary for Me to Say on the Subject of The. ...
... For the Pharisees truly looked to the "tithing of anise and cummin, and left undone
the weightier matters of the law;" [1621] and while devoting great care to ...
/.../the acts of the disputation with the heresiarch manes/21 but now what it.htm

"But if Ye have Bitter Envying and Strife in Your Hearts, Glory ...
... upon ceremonies, and an indifferency upon the very substance itself, truly, I think,
it may be said unto us, you tithe mint, anise, and cummin, and pass over ...
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The Second Part.
... But what in their case hath been done? "Ye tithe mint and cummin, and have forsaken
the weightier matters of the law, mercy, and judgment, straining a gnat ...
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Thesaurus

Cummin (3 Occurrences)
... in Matthew 23:23, where our Lord pronounces a "woe" on the scribes and Pharisees,
who were zealous in paying tithes of "mint and anise and cummin," while they ...
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Fitches (3 Occurrences)
... in the Mediterranean countries, and is cultivated in Egypt and Syria for its seed."
It is rendered in margin of the Revised Version "black cummin." The seeds ...
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Cartwheel (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 28:27 For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, neither
is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the black cummin is beaten ...
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Caraway (2 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:27 For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing-sledge, neither
is a cart-wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the black cummin is beaten ...
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Anise (1 Occurrence)
... Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have
left undone the weightier matters of the law," etc. In the ...
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Sledge (3 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument,
neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are ...
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Rolled (38 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:27 For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a
cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered ...
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Vetches (1 Occurrence)
... Isaiah 28:25 When he hath made even the face of it, doth he not cast abroad the
vetches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat, and the ...
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Omitted (2 Occurrences)
... for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters
of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and ...
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Levelled (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 28:25 When he hath levelled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the
fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley ...
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Bible Concordance

Cummin (3 Occurrences)

Matthew 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 28:25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Cummin

Cummin: A Plant Bearing a Small Aromatic Seed

Related Terms

Fitches (3 Occurrences)

Cartwheel (1 Occurrence)

Caraway (2 Occurrences)

Anise (1 Occurrence)

Sledge (3 Occurrences)

Rolled (38 Occurrences)

Vetches (1 Occurrence)

Omitted (2 Occurrences)