Dregs

Dregs

( Psalms 75:8 ; Isaiah 51:17 Isaiah 51:22 ), the lees of wine which settle at the bottom of the vessel.

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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

Sediment.

Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the DREGS of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. ( Isaiah 51:17 )

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

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

DREGS

dregs:

The "sediments," "lees," "grounds of liquor"; only in plural. In the King James Version it stands for:

(1) Hebrew qubba`ath, "bowl," "chalice," found only in Isaiah 51:17,22:

"the dregs of the cup of trembling"; "the dregs of the cup of my fury." the Revised Version (British and American) correctly changes "dregs" into "bowl."

(2) Hebrew shemarim, "sediments" or "dregs," especially lees of wine. "The dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring (the American Standard Revised Version "drain") them out and drink them" (Psalms 75:8), i.e. God gives to the wicked the cup of wrathful judgment, which they must drink to the last drop.


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