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Easton's Bible Dictionary - Barrel

Barrel [N]

a vessel used for keeping flour ( 1 Kings 17:12 1 Kings 17:14 1 Kings 17:16 ). The same word (cad) so rendered is also translated "pitcher," a vessel for carrying water ( Genesis 24:14 ; Judges 7:16 ).

These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.
[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Barrel". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Barrel

BARREL

bar'-el:

The word "barrel" in the King James Version (see 1 Kings 17:12,14,16; 18:33: "The barrel of meal," "fill four barrels with water," etc.) stands for the large earthenware jar (so the American Standard Revised Version) used in the East for carrying water from the spring or well, and for storing grain, etc., according to a custom that still persists. It is elsewhere (EV) more fitly rendered "pitcher."

See HOUSE; PITCHER, etc.

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