Smith's Bible Dictionary
Garlic(Numbers 11:5) is the Allium sativum of Linnaeus, which abounds in Egypt.
ATS Bible Dictionary
GarlicA bulbous vegetable, of pungent smell and taste, and highly prized in the East. The Jews acquired a liking for it in Egypt, Numbers 11:5. One variety, called the eschalot, or shallot, was introduced into Europe from Ascalon.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Hebrews shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only once (
Numbers 11:5). The garlic common in Eastern countries is the Allium sativum or Allium Ascalonicum, so called from its having been brought into Europe from Ascalon by the Crusaders. It is now known by the name of "shallot" or "eschalot."
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. sativum is the cultivated variety), having a bulbous root, a very strong smell, and an acrid, pungent taste. Each root is composed of several lesser bulbs, called cloves of garlic, enclosed in a common membranous coat, and easily separable.
2. (n.) A kind of jig or farce.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
GARLICgar'-lik (shum, used only in plural shumim; compare Arabic thum):
One of the delights of Egypt for which the Israelites in the Wilderness longed (Numbers 11:5); we know from other sources that, though originally a product of Central Asia, garlic was known to the ancient Egyptians. It is the bulb of Allium sativum, Natural Order Liliaceae, and is cultivated all over the Orient. It is eaten cooked in stews; its disagreeable penetrating odor is in evidence in the houses and on the breath of most Orientals. A bulb of garlic, hung over a bed or over the door of a house, is a powerful charm against the evil eye and other malign influences.
E. W. G. Masterman
Strong's Hebrew
7762. shuwm -- garlic... 7761, 7762. shuwm. 7762a .
garlic. Transliteration: shuwm Phonetic Spelling:
(shoom) Short Definition:
garlic.
garlic From an unused
... /hebrew/7762.htm - 5k 7762a. shum -- garlic
... shum. 7762b . garlic. Transliteration: shum Short Definition: garlic. Word Origin
of uncertain derivation Definition garlic NASB Word Usage garlic (1). ...
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8126. Shumathi -- a family of Kiriath-jearim
... Shumathites. Patronymically from an unused name from shuwm probably meaning
garlic-smell; a Shumathite (collectively) or descendants of Shumah -- Shumathites. ...
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7762b. sumah -- sumah
... 7762a, 7762b. sumah. 7763 . sumah. Transliteration: sumah Short Definition:
garlic. Word Origin another reading for sum, qv. 7762a, 7762b. sumah. 7763 > ...
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Library
Proceeding to the History of Israel, Tertullian Shows that ...
... have come into our mind the fish which in Egypt we were wont to eat freely, and
the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. ...
/.../chapter v proceeding to the history.htm
Choosing the Tens
... The low, shapeless tents and thatched hovels of the Israelites stood in the center
of gardens of lentils, garlic and lettuce, securely hedged against the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter i choosing the tens.htm
The Panoply of God
... are developed which makes the poison sweetness of evil unsavoury, and just as the
Israelites hungered for the strong, coarse-smelling leeks and garlic of Egypt ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture ephesians peter/the panoply of god.htm
Meditation vi. The Last Pasch.
... Its head rested on its front legs, which were fastened to a cross-stick, its hind
legs being stretched out, and the dish was garnished with garlic. ...
/.../the dolorous passion of our lord jesus christ/meditation vi the last pasch.htm
Heaven's Nurse Children
... The grace to eat the paschal lamb, to strike the blood upon the lintel, and to gird
up the loins, and leave the land of leeks, and garlic, and onions, is given ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/heavens nurse children.htm
Things Unknown
... Israel in Egypt might live on garlic and onions, but Israel in the wilderness must
be fed with the manna that came down from heaven, and with the water that ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 46 1900/things unknown.htm
At the Well
... Regular, barren rows were the only evidences of the lentil and garlic gardens in
happier days, and the location of pastures might be guessed by the skeletons ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxvii at the well.htm
The Manna
... five thousand. The palates, unaccustomed to the stinging savours of the
garlic and the leeks of Egypt, loathed the light bread. And ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the manna.htm
O what Amazement Befel the Evil One, of a Sudden, My Brethren ...
... housetops."23. Of the Egyptians I was more proud, than of any nation: for
they used to worship even, the onions and garlic."24. Lo! I ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn lx o what amazement.htm
Come Ye, Let us Hear How Death Convicts the People: that Harsher ...
... 18. Onions and garlic are the heralds of their doings: as is the food so
is the understanding, of this defiled people."19. Through ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn lxvii come ye let.htm
Thesaurus
Garlic (1 Occurrence)... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews shum, from its strong odour), mentioned only
once (Numbers 11:5). The
garlic common in
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
GARLIC.
.../g/garlic.htm - 8kLeeks (1 Occurrence)
... This word, elsewhere translated "grass," is in Numbers 11:5 rendered "leeks" in
all the ancient VSS, on account of its association with garlic and onions; such ...
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Food (2953 Occurrences)
... cucumbers. melons. leeks. onions, and the garlic" of Egypt (Numbers 11:5).
All these things we find later were grown in Palestine. In ...
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Onions (1 Occurrence)
... Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers,
and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (WEB KJV ...
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Garlands (4 Occurrences)
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Garlick (1 Occurrence)
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Wont (19 Occurrences)
... Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers,
and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: (See JPS ...
/w/wont.htm - 12k
Taste (46 Occurrences)
... by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality
or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic. ...
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Mealtime (1 Occurrence)
... Palastina-Vereins, IX, 4). The wandering Israelites in the wilderness looked back
wistfully on the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic of Egypt ...
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Melons (2 Occurrences)
... Numbers 11:5 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers,
and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; (WEB KJV ...
/m/melons.htm - 8k
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