Meat

Meat

Food.

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his MEAT was locusts and wild honey. ( Matthew 3:4 )

Source: A King James Dictionary. (Used with permission. Copyright © Philip P. Kapusta)

Bibliography Information

"Entry for 'Meat'". A King James Dictionary.
Meat.

It does not appear that the word "meat" is used in any one instance in the Authorized Version of either the Old or New Testament in the sense which it now almost exclusively bears of animal food. The latter is denoted uniformly by "flesh." The word "meat," when our English version was made, meant food in general; or if any particular kind was designated, it referred to meal, flour or grain. The only real and inconvenient ambiguity caused by the change which has taken place in the meaning of the word is in the case of the "meat offering." [MEAT OFFERING]


Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Meat'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

MEAT

met (broma, brosis):

In the King James Version used for food in general, e.g. "I had my meat of herbs" (2 Esdras 12:51); "his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat," the Revised Version (British and American) "food" (John 4:8). The English word signified whatever is eaten, whether of flesh or other food.


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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'MEAT'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.