Flagon
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Heb. ashishah, (2 Sam 6:19; 1 Chr 16:3; Song 2:5; Hos 3:1), meaning properly “a cake of pressed raisins.” “Flagons of wine” of the Authorized Version should be, as in the Revised Version, “cakes of raisins” in all these passages. In Isa 22:24 it is the rendering of the Hebrew nebel, which properly means a bottle or vessel of skin. (Comp. 1 Sam 1:24; 10:3; 25:18; 2 Sam 16:1, where the same Hebrew word is used.)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
flag'-un:
The translation of 'ashishah, in the King James Version in 2 Sam 6:19; 1 Chr 16:3; Song 2:5; Hos 3:1. In all, these passages the Revised Version (British and American) reads "cake of raisins" or "raisins." It was probably a pressed raisin cake. the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) read "flagons," in Isa 22:24 as a rendering of nebhalim, which is elsewhere (1 Sam 1:24; 1 Sam 10:3; 2 Sam 16:1, etc.) rendered "bottles," the Revised Version, margin "skins." These were the bags or bottles made of the whole skin of a kid, goat or other animal. the Revised Version (British and American) has "flagons" in Exod 25:29 and 37:16 as translation of qeshawoth, a golden jug or jar used in the tabernacle from which the drink offerings were poured out. The same word is translated "cups" in Num 4:7.
George Rice Hovey
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