Corn
Easton's Bible Dictionary
The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen 27:28, 37, Num 18:27, Deut 28:51, Lam 2:12, is a general term representing all the commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds, peas, beans. With this corresponds the use of the word in John 12:24.
In Gen 41:35, 49, Prov 11:26, Joel 2:24 (“wheat”), the word thus translated (bar; i.e., “winnowed”) means corn purified from chaff. With this corresponds the use of the word in the New Testament (Matt 3:12; Luke 3:17; Acts 7:12). In Ps 65:13 it means “growing corn.”
In Gen 42:1, 2, 19, Josh 9:14, Neh 10:31 (“victuals”), the word (sheber; i.e., “broken,” i.e., grist) denotes generally victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food.
From the time of Solomon, corn began to be exported from Palestine (Ezek 27:17; Amos 8:5). “Plenty of corn” was a part of Issac’s blessing conferred upon Jacob (Gen 27:28; comp. Ps 65:13).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
korn (daghan; sitos): A word used for cereals generally (Gen 27:28; Gen 27:37, etc., the King James Version) much as our English word "corn." the American Standard Revised Version almost invariably substitutes "grain" for "corn." The latter may be taken to include
(1) barley,
(2) wheat,
(3) fitches (vetches),
(4) lentils,
(5) beans,
(6) millet,
(7) rye--the wrong translation for vetches,
(8) pulse--for all these see separate articles.
Rye and oats are not cultivated in Palestine For many references to corn see Agriculture; Food. "A corn kokkos, the Revised Version (British and American) "grain" of wheat" is mentioned (John 12:24).
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