Bible Dictionary: Herbs: Given for Food

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Genesis 1:29,30
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
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Proverbs 15:17
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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Whether Adam in the State of Innocence had Mastership Over the ...
... falcon. Nor does Bede's gloss on Gn.1:30, say that trees and herbs were
given as food to all animals and birds, but to some. Thus ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether adam in the state 2.htm

The Objection is Raised, Why, Then, was the Limit of Lawful Food ...
... For, at the beginning indeed, it had only been the food of herbs and trees which
He had assigned to man: Behold, I have given you all grass fit for sowing ...
/.../on fasting in opposition to the psychics/chapter iv the objection is raised.htm

Why Choice of Meats was Prescribed.
... sustenance to man, even so has He given the animals ... thereafter to Noah, because we
do not eat certain herbs. ... and to hold that every vegetable is food, and fit ...
/.../chapter xx why choice of meats.htm

What Should be the Character of the Monk's Food.
... should be contented with any of the commoner sorts of food. ... any one who has rejected
this rule and given up the ... and taken to a diet of beans or herbs or fruits ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxiii what should be.htm

Spiritual Meaning of the Passover.
... eat the flesh of the Lamb, with bitter herbs, and unleavened ... that which comes after
the unleavened bread is given us, the manna, which is food for angels ...
/.../origen/origens commentary on the gospel of john/13 spiritual meaning of the.htm

Whether There was any Reasonable Cause for the Ceremonial ...
... Objection 2: Further, just as animals are given to man for food, so also are herbs:
wherefore it is written (Gn.9:3): "As the green herbs have I delivered all ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether there was any reasonable.htm

The Misfortunes which Happened in Connection with These Things, in ...
... Some, chewing wisps of hay and recklessly eating noxious herbs, undermined and ... length
they begged that a small morsel of food might be given them, and ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter viii the misfortunes which happened.htm

On Eating.
... points to digestible and God-given and moderate ... guard against those articles of food
which persuade us ... Bulbs, [1344] olives, certain herbs, milk, cheese, fruits ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the instructor paedagogus/chap i on eating.htm

Letter vii. --For 335. Easter-Day iv Pharmuthi, iii Kal. April; xx ...
... even if he is not yet able to eat bread, but herbs, for he that is weak eateth herbs.'
For even the ... Already hath the Lord given us angels' food [4188] , and ...
/.../select works and letters or athanasius/letter vii for 335 easter-day iv.htm

Another Kind of Men Living Together in Cities. Fasts of Three Days ...
... they are not polluted if they take any food in mental ... that eats no one judges; he
who is weak eats herbs. ... defiles them; for they cause it to be given with the ...
/.../chapter 33 name kind of.htm

Subtopics

Herbs

Herbs of the Wicked

Herbs were Sometimes Used Instead of Animal Food by Weak Saints

Herbs: (Dew On) of Grace Given to Saints

Herbs: Bitter, Used at Passover

Herbs: Bulrushes

Herbs: Calamus