Purtenance

Purtenance

Animal intestines; inwards.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the PURTENANCE thereof. ( Exodus 12:8-9 )

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

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

PURTENANCE

pur'-te-nans:

With the significance of "belongings," this word occurs in the King James Version of Exodus 12:9 as the translation of qerebh, "within" "inward," "roast .... with the purtenance thereof," the Revised Version (British and American) "inwards" (compare Leviticus 1:9; 3:3, etc.).


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