Kid

Kid [S]

the young of the goat. It was much used for food ( Genesis 27:9 ; 38:17 ; Judges 6:19 ; 14:6 ). The Mosaic law forbade to dress a kid in the milk of its dam, a law which is thrice repeated ( Exodus 23:19 ; 34:26 ; Deuteronomy 14:21 ). Among the various reasons assigned for this law, that appears to be the most satisfactory which regards it as "a protest against cruelty and outraging the order of nature." A kid cooked in its mother's milk is "a gross, unwholesome dish, and calculated to kindle animal and ferocious passions, and on this account Moses may have forbidden it. Besides, it is even yet associated with immoderate feasting; and originally, I suspect," says Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book), "was connected with idolatrous sacrifices."

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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.

[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Kid". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .
Kid. [E]

[GOAT] [E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary


Bibliography Information

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

KID

(1) gedhi (Exodus 23:19, etc.);

(2) feminine gedhiyah (Isaiah 11:6, etc.);

(3) gedhi `izzim, English Versions of the Bible "kid," literally, "kid of the goats," the King James Version margin (Judges 6:19, etc.);

(4) `ez, literally, "goat" (Deuteronomy 14:21; 1 Kings 20:27);.

(5) se`ir `izzim, the King James Version "kid of the goats," the Revised Version (British and American) "he-goat" (Genesis 37:31; Leviticus 9:3, etc.);

(6) eriphos (Luke 15:29).

See GOAT.


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