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Husks
Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary
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κερατιον , Luke 15:16; the husks of leguminous plants, so named from their resemblance to κερας , a horn; but Bochart thinks that the κερατια were the ceretonia, the husks or fruit of the carob tree, a tree very common in the Levant. We learn from Columella, that these pods afforded food for swine; and they are mentioned as what the prodigal desired to eat, when reduced to extreme hunger.
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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Husks'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/h/husks.html. 1831-2.
Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Husks'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/h/husks.html. 1831-2.
