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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).

Psalm 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).

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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Fatling'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/f/fatling.html. 1897.

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