Dictionary of Bible Themes: 4542 wheat

4542 wheat

Dictionary of Bible Themes

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A cereal widely cultivated for use as food. One of the main agricultural crops in biblical times, it is referred to throughout the Scriptures and features several times in Jesus Christ's teaching.

The cultivation of wheat

Sowing wheat

Isaiah 28:24-25 See also Jeremiah 12:13; 1 Corinthians 15:37-38

The growth of the plant

Exodus 9:31-32 See also John 12:24

The wheat harvest

1 Samuel 6:13 See also Genesis 30:14; Judges 15:1; Ruth 2:23; 1 Samuel 12:16-18; Joel 1:8-11

Threshing wheat

Judges 6:11 See also 1 Chronicles 21:18-28

The parable of the wheat and the weeds

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43

Wheat as food

Psalm 81:13-16 See also Deuteronomy 8:7-8; Deuteronomy 32:13-14; 2 Samuel 17:27-29; Psalm 147:12-14; Jeremiah 41:4-8; Ezekiel 4:9-13

Offerings of wheat

Exodus 34:22 See also Exodus 29:2-3; Ezra 6:9; Ezra 7:21-23; Ezekiel 45:13

Trade in wheat

Ezekiel 27:17 See also Amos 8:4-6; Revelation 18:11-13

Wheat as payment or tribute

2 Chronicles 2:8-10 pp 1 Kings 5:11 See also 2 Chronicles 2:15-16; 2 C 5; Luke 16:1-7; Revelation 6:6

Metaphorical references to wheat

Matthew 3:11-12 pp Luke 3:16-17 See also Songs 7:2; Luke 22:31-32