Coriander
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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" (Numbers 11:7; see also Exodus 16:31).

Strong's Hebrew
1407. gad -- coriander
... 1406, 1407. gad. 1408 . coriander. Transliteration: gad Phonetic Spelling:
(gad) Short Definition: coriander. Word Origin perhaps ...
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Then Moses, Exulting in the Safety of his Own People...
... those who had gone forth from the camp perceived that the ground was covered with
a sort of pods, [280] the appearance of which was like a coriander-seed of ...
/.../life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter xvi then moses exulting.htm

How Moses when He had Brought the People Out of Egypt Led
... food, for it was like honey in sweetness and pleasant taste, but like in its body
to bdellium, one of the sweet spices, and in bigness equal to coriander seed. ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 1 how moses when.htm

Paul's Desire to Depart
... Here do we have the manna falling small, like coriander seed, but there shall
we eat the bread of heaven and the old corn of the kingdom. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/pauls desire to depart.htm

The Redeemer's Prayer
... We shall not eat of manna that shall be like a small round thing, a coriander seed,
but the manna whereof we feed shall be mountains, the broad hills of food ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the redeemers prayer.htm

Here Next Followeth the History of Moses
... about in their circuit. Which when they saw and came for to gather, it
was small and white like to coriander. And they wondered ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/here next followeth the history.htm

The Reaction against Egypt
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 5. <. ...
/.../chapter iithe reaction against egypt.htm

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)

ATS Bible Dictionary
Coriander

A small round seed of an aromatic plant. The plant is a native of China, and is widely diffused in Asia and the south of Europe. Its seeds are planted in March. They are employed as a spice in the East, and are much used by druggists, confectionarists, etc. The manna which fell in the wilderness was like coriander-seed, Exodus 16:31 Numbers 11:7. See MANNA.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Hebrews gad, (Exodus 16:31; Numbers 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."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.
Thesaurus
Coriander (2 Occurrences)
... They are used medicinally and as a spice. The Greek name of this plant is korion
or koriannon, whence the name "coriander.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...CORIANDER...
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Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences)
Coriander-seed. Coriander, Coriander-seed. Corinth . Multi-Version
Concordance Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences). Exodus ...
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Manna (19 Occurrences)
... an "allotment" or a "gift." This "gift" from God is described as "a small round
thing," like the "hoar-frost on the ground," and "like coriander seed," "of the ...
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Core (1 Occurrence)

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Color (18 Occurrences)
... symbol of purity (Daniel 11:35; Daniel 12:10 Isaiah 1:18); to horses (Zechariah
1:8; Zechariah 6:3, 1); to tree branches (Joel 1:7); to coriander seed (Exodus ...
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Wafers (6 Occurrences)
... Wafers (6 Occurrences). Exodus 16:31 The house of Israel called its name Manna,
and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey. ...
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Tasted (18 Occurrences)
... Exodus 16:31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like
coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. ...
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Resin (4 Occurrences)
... weight; (WEB NIV). Numbers 11:7 The manna was like coriander seed, and
its appearance like the appearance of bdellium. (See NIV). ...
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Bdolach (2 Occurrences)
... bdolach and the shoham stone; (YLT). Numbers 11:7 And the manna is as coriander
seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach; (YLT). ...
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Bdellium (2 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV). Numbers 11:7 The manna was like coriander
seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium. ...
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Bible Concordance
Coriander (2 Occurrences)

Exodus 16:31 The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 11:7 The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Coriander

Coriander: A Spice

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Coriander-seed (2 Occurrences)

Manna (19 Occurrences)

Core (1 Occurrence)

Color (18 Occurrences)

Wafers (6 Occurrences)

Tasted (18 Occurrences)

Resin (4 Occurrences)

Bdolach (2 Occurrences)

Bdellium (2 Occurrences)

Aspect (10 Occurrences)

Corinth (13 Occurrences)

Food (2953 Occurrences)

Honey (62 Occurrences)

Colors (12 Occurrences)

Appearance (126 Occurrences)

Thereof (845 Occurrences)

Taste (46 Occurrences)

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