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Cheese
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(A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three different Hebrew words:
Cheese (1)
#1 Sam. 17:18, “ten cheeses;” i.e., ten sections of curd.
Cheese (2)
#2 Sam. 17:29, “cheese of kine” = perhaps curdled milk of kine. The Vulgate version reads “fat calves.”
Cheese (3)
#Job 10:10, curdled milk is meant by the word.
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
is mentioned only three times in the Bible, and on each occasion under a different name in the Hebrew. (1 Samuel 17:18; 2 Samuel 17:29; Job 10:10) It is difficult to decide how far these terms correspond with our notion of cheese, for they simply express various degrees of coagulation. Cheese is not at the present day common among the Bedouin Arabs, butter being decidedly preferred; but there is a substance closely corresponding to those mentioned in 1Sam 17, 2Sam 17, consisting of coagulated buttermilk, which is dried until it become quite hard, and is then ground; the Arabs eat it mixed with butter.
In the Bible
3
Verses where Cheese is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Samuel 17:18
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
- 2 Samuel 17:29
honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
- Job 10:10
Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
Scripture on Cheese
3
Voices on Cheese
3
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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