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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

DAINTIES; DAINTY (MEATS)

dan'-tis (maT`ammoth, "things full of taste," man`ammim, ma`adhan; liparos, "fat," "shining"): Jacob is represented as predicting of Asher, "He shall yield royal dainties" (Genesis 49:20; compare parallel clause, "His bread shall be fat," and Deuteronomy 33:24, "Let him dip his foot in oil"). David, praying to be delivered from the ways of "men that work inquiry," cries, "Let me not eat of their dainties" (Psalm 141:4). The man who sitteth "to eat with a ruler" (Proverbs 23:1-3) is counseled, "If thou be a man given to appetite, be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food" (compare John's words in the woes upon Babylon (Revelation 18:14), "All things that were dainties and sumptuous are perished from thee," and Homer's Iliad (Pope). xviii.456). "Dainties," then, are luxuries, costly, delicate and rare. This idea is common to all the words thus rendered; naturally associated with kings' tables, and with the lives of those who are lovers of pleasure and luxury. By their associations and their softening effects they are to be abstained from or indulged in moderately as "deceitful food" by those who would live the simple and righteous life which wisdom sanctions. They are also "offered not from genuine hospitality, but with some by-ends." He should also shun the dainties of the niggard (Proverbs 23:6), who counts the cost (Proverbs 23:7 the Revised Version, margin) of every morsel that his guest eats.

See DELICATE; FOOD, etc.

George B. Eager

Strong's Hebrew

4303. matam -- tasty or savory food, dainties
... 4302, 4303. matam or matammah. 4304 . tasty or savory food, dainties.
Transliteration: matam or matammah Phonetic Spelling: (mat-am') Short Definition: ...
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4516. manammim -- delicacies, dainties
... 4515, 4516. manammim. 4517 . delicacies, dainties. Transliteration: manammim
Phonetic Spelling: (man-am') Short Definition: delicacies. ...
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4574. maadan -- a dainty (food), delight
... maadan or maadannah. 4575 . a dainty (food), delight. Transliteration: maadan
or maadannah Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ad-awn') Short Definition: dainties. ...
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Library

With Such Dainties as These Let the Devil's Guests be Feasted. ...
... Chapter XXVIII. With such dainties as these let the devil's guests be feasted.�
With such dainties as these let the devil's guests be feasted. ...
/.../tertullian/the shows or de spectaculis/chapter xxviii with such dainties.htm

How Herod Twice Sailed to Agrippa; and How Upon the Complaint in ...
... He entertained him in his new-built cities, and showed him the edifices he had built,
and provided all sorts of the best and most costly dainties for him and ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 2 how herod twice.htm

Be it So; Let it be Conceded that These Most Unfortunate Cattle ...
... those used by the common people, but those named and called offæ penitæ?"of which
the first [4878] is fat cut into very small pieces, as dainties [4879] are ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/24 be it so let.htm

Epistle Lxvii. To Domitian, Metropolitan .
... And, finding in them the dainties that I love, I greedily devoured them. Therein
also were many things intermingled about external and necessary affairs. ...
/.../epistle lxvii to domitian metropolitan.htm

On Eating.
... who dislike the truth, and through various absurd notions abjure moderation of diet,
and put themselves to a world of trouble to procure dainties from beyond ...
//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the instructor paedagogus/chap i on eating.htm

On Lent, iv.
... For our fast does not consist chiefly of mere abstinence from food, nor are dainties
withdrawn from our bodily appetites with profit, unless the mind is ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/leo/writings of leo the great/sermon xlii on lent iv.htm

On Genesis.
... Gad"a robber's troop shall rob him; and he shall spoil it [1161] at the heels.
Aser"his bread shall be fat, and he shall furnish dainties to princes. ...
/.../hippolytus/the extant works and fragments of hippolytus/on genesis.htm

"Now the God of Hope Fill You with all Joy and Peace in Believing ...
... He would despise the delicacies of kings, and refuse their dainties, if he might
sit at this table that is spread on the mountain of God's church, a full feast ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon ix now the god.htm

A Discourse of the Building, Nature, Excellency, and Government of ...
... As her foundation and her beauty's much; Conveniences, and her defences such As
none can parallel, so doth the field About her richest, rarest dainties yield. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse of the building.htm

Christ's Estimate of his People
... When he sat at the feast of Simon the Pharisee, I have no doubt there were sparkling
wine cups on the table, and many rich dainties were there, but Jesus ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/christs estimate of his people.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Dainty.

Thesaurus

Dainties (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Dainty. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
DAINTIES; DAINTY (MEATS). dan'-tis (maT`ammoth, "things ...
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Dainty (7 Occurrences)
... 6. (superl.) Nice; delicate; elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed;
neat; tender. 7. (superl.) Requiring dainties. ...DAINTIES; DAINTY (MEATS). ...
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Meats (9 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia DAINTIES; DAINTY (MEATS). dan'-tis
(maT`ammoth, "things full of taste," man`ammim, ma`adhan; liparos ...
/m/meats.htm - 11k

Youths (28 Occurrences)
... Daniel 1:13 Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths
who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants. ...
/y/youths.htm - 14k

Royal (154 Occurrences)
... shall yield royal dainties," literally, choice morsels of the king, meaning fit
for a king (Genesis 49:20); "besides that which Solomon gave her of his royal ...
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Nourished (29 Occurrences)
... Daniel 1:5 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and
of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years ...
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Asher (43 Occurrences)
... This foreshadowing of good fortune for him is repeated in the blessing of Jacob:
"His bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties" (Genesis 49:20 ...
/a/asher.htm - 26k

Drank (70 Occurrences)
... Daniel 1:5 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and
of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years ...
/d/drank.htm - 28k

Daily (111 Occurrences)
... Daniel 1:5 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and
of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years ...
/d/daily.htm - 42k

Nabal (18 Occurrences)
... as of great beauty, having learned of her husband's conduct and of David's intentions,
hurriedly proceeded, with a large supply of provisions, dainties and wine ...
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Bible Concordance

Dainties (14 Occurrences)

Revelation 18:14 The dainties that thy soul longed for are gone from thee, and all thine elegance and splendor have perished, and never again shall they be found.
(WEY RSV)

Genesis 49:20 "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Proverbs 23:3 Don't be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Proverbs 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
(ASV DBY JPS WBS YLT)

Song of Songs 2:5 Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.
(See JPS)

Jeremiah 51:34 Devoured us, crushed us, hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, He hath set us 'as' an empty vessel, He hath swallowed us as a dragon, He hath filled his belly with my dainties, He hath driven us away.
(YLT)

Lamentations 4:5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
(See JPS YLT RSV)

Daniel 1:5 The king appointed for them a daily portion of the king's dainties, and of the wine which he drank, and that they should be nourished three years; that at its end they should stand before the king.
(WEB ASV)

Daniel 1:8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king's dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
(WEB ASV)

Daniel 1:13 Then let our faces be looked on before you, and the face of the youths who eat of the king's dainties; and as you see, deal with your servants.
(WEB ASV)

Daniel 1:15 At the end of ten days their faces appeared fairer, and they were fatter in flesh, than all the youths who ate of the king's dainties.
(WEB ASV)

Daniel 1:16 So the steward took away their dainties, and the wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse.
(WEB ASV)

Daniel 11:26 Yes, they who eat of his dainties shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow; and many shall fall down slain.
(WEB ASV)

Subtopics

Dainties

Related Terms

Dainty (7 Occurrences)

Meats (9 Occurrences)

Youths (28 Occurrences)

Royal (154 Occurrences)

Nourished (29 Occurrences)

Asher (43 Occurrences)

Drank (70 Occurrences)