Leek

A bulbous vegetable resembling the onion. The Hebrews complained in the wilderness, that manna grew insipid to them; they longed for the leeks and onions of Egypt, Numbers 11:5. Hassel-quist says the karrat, or leek, is surely one of those after which the Israelites pined; for is has been cultivated in Egypt from time immemorial. The Hebrew word is usually translated "grass" in the English Bible. Its original meaning is supposed to be greens or grass.

(Hebrews hatsir; the Allium porrum), rendered "grass" in 1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 40:15, etc.; "herb" in Job 8:12; "hay" in Proverbs 27:25, and Isaiah 15:6; "leeks" only in Numbers 11:5. This Hebrew word seems to denote in this last passage simply herbs, such as lettuce or savoury herbs cooked as kitchen vegetables, and not necessarily what are now called leeks. The leek was a favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely cultivated there and in Palestine. (n.) A plant of the genus Allium (A. Porrum), having broadly linear succulent leaves rising from a loose oblong cylindrical bulb. The flavor is stronger than that of the common onion.5556. chrusoprasos -- a chrysoprase (a greenish-yellow gem)
... Word Origin from chrusos and a prim. word prason (a leek) Definition a chrysoprase
(a greenish-yellow gem) NASB Word Usage chrysoprase (1). chrysoprase. ...
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4237. prasia -- a garden bed
... Word Origin from prason (a leek) Definition a garden bed NASB Word Usage
groups (1). a group. Perhaps from prason (a leek, and so ...
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2682. chatsir -- green grass, herbage
... grass, hay, herb, leek. Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness
of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively) -- grass, hay, herb, leek. ...
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1978. halik -- a step
... 1977, 1978. halik. 1979 . a step. Transliteration: halik Phonetic Spelling:
(haw-leek') Short Definition: steps. Word Origin from ...
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The Death of Saint David.
... I will give the signal for the onset, which will lay thousands of our foemen low;
and see, for my ensign, I do wear upon my burgonet this leek, which will, if ...
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When Turbo had Made this Statement, Archelaus was Intensely ...
... carried a Babylonian book under his left arm; his legs were swathed in trousers
of different colours, the one being red, and the other green as a leek; and his ...
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The Burning ??sculapius; Tricks with Fire.
... And if, likewise, one mix in these the juice of house-leek along with vinegar, and
for a long time previously smear it (with this preparation), after being ...
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If that which it Has Pleased us to Know is Within Reach...
... think that anything can be known or comprehended, say what wheat is,"spelt, barley,
millet, the chick-pea, bean, lentil, melon, cumin, scallion, leek, onion? ...
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A Jealous God
... What must be the Lord's indignation against infatuated rebels when they so far despise
him as to set up a leek, or an onion, or a beetle, or a frog, preferring ...
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Christ's First and Last Subject
... The flesh-pots of Egypt sometimes send up a sweet smell in his nostrils, and when
he passes by another man's house, where the leek, and garlic, and onion are ...
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India's Ills and England's Sorrows
... well weep for such sinners; but when these who have walked in our midst and have
almost been acknowledged as believers, are cast away because they leek the one ...
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The Last Days of the Old Eastern World
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 9. <. ...
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Leek
... leeks. The leek was a favourite vegetable in Egypt, and is still largely
cultivated there and in Palestine. Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Leeks (1 Occurrence)
... leeks" in all the ancient VSS, on account of its association with garlic and onions;
such a use of the word occurs in the Talmud The leek (Allium porrum) is ...
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Chrysoprasus (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Golden leek, a precious stone of the colour of leek's
juice, a greenish-golden colour (Revelation 21:20). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
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Onion
... now growing in Palestine. The onion is "the `undivided' leek, unio_, _unus,
one.". Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) A liliaceous plant ...
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Leech (1 Occurrence)

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