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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κεράτιον

(Strong's #2769 — Noun Neuter — keration — ker-at'-ee-on )

"a little horn" (a diminutive of keras, "a horn;" see HORN), is used in the plural in Luke 15:16 , of carob pods, given to swine, and translated "husks."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Husks'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​h/husks.html. 1940.
 
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