Bible Dictionaries
Lentiles

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. 'adashim), a species of vetch (Genesis 25:34; 2 Samuel 23:11 ), common in Syria under the name addas. The red pottage made by Jacob was of lentils (Genesis 25:29-34 ). They were among the provisions brought to David when he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 17:28 ). It is the Ervum lens of Linnaeus, a leguminous plant which produces a fruit resembling a bean.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Lentiles'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​l/lentiles.html. 1897.