A fatted animal for slaughter ( 2 Samuel 6:13 ; Isaiah 11:6 ; Ezekiel 39:18 . Compare Matthew 22:4 , where the word used in the original, sitistos, means literally "corn-fed;" i.e., installed, fat).
Psalms 66:15 (Heb. meah, meaning "marrowy," "fat," a species of sheep).
1 Samuel 15:9 (Heb. mishneh, meaning "the second," and hence probably "cattle of a second quality," or lambs of the second birth, i.e., autmnal lambs, and therfore of less value).
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.
Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. "Entry for Fatling". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the FATLING together; and a little child shall lead them. ( Isaiah 11:6 )