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Fitches

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Fitches. This word occurs in Isaiah 28:25; Isaiah 28:27. It would seem to be the black cummin, Nigella sativa, used for both food and medicine. The seed is aromatic, and of a sharp taste. This plant was beaten out with a staff, because the heavy drag would have crushed the seeds. The "fitches" of Ezekiel 4:9 was spelt.

Bibliography Information
Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Fitches'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​f/fitches.html. 1893.