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Cummin

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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CUMMIN . The seed of an umbelliferous plant, the Cuminum cyminum (syriacum) , widely cultivated in and around Palestine. It is used to flavour dishes, and, more particularly, bread; in flavour and appearance it resembles carraway; it has long been credited with medicinal properties; it certainly is a carminative. It is even now beaten out with rods ( Isaiah 28:27 ). Tithes of cummin were paid by the Jews ( Matthew 23:23 ).

E. W. G. Masterman.

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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Cummin'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​c/cummin.html. 1909.
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