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Meadow
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Meadow (1)
#Heb. ha’ahu (Gen. 41:2, 18), probably an Egyptain word transferred to the Hebrew; some kind of reed or water-plant. In the Revised Version it is rendered “reed-grass”, i.e., the sedge or rank grass by the river side.
Meadow (2)
#Heb. ma’areh (Judg. 20:33), pl., “meadows of Gibeah” (R.V., after the LXX., “Maareh-geba”). Some have adopted the rendering “after Gibeah had been left open.” The Vulgate translates the word “from the west.”
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
In (Genesis 41:2,18) meadow appears to be an Egyptian term meaning some kind of flag or waterplant, as its use in (Job 8:11) (Authorized Version “flag”) seems to show. In (Judges 20:33) the sense of the Hebrew word translated meadow is doubly uncertain. The most plausible interpretation is that of the Peshito-Syriac, which by a slight difference in the vowel-points makes the word mearah, “the cave.”
In the Bible
4
Verses where Meadow is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Genesis 41:2
when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
- Genesis 41:18
when seven cows, well-fed and sleek, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.
- Hosea 4:16
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?
- Hosea 9:13
I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter.
Scripture on Meadow
5
Entries that reference Meadow
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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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