Bible Encyclopedia: Stew

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Strong's Hebrew

5138. nazid -- something sodden or boiled, pottage
... 5137b, 5138. nazid. 5139 . something sodden or boiled, pottage. Transliteration:
nazid Phonetic Spelling: (naw-zeed') Short Definition: stew. ...
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4802. marchesheth -- a stewpan, saucepan
... Word Origin from rachash Definition a stewpan, saucepan NASB Word Usage pan (2).
frying pan. From rachash; a stew-pan -- fryingpan. see HEBREW rachash. ...
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Library

How Jacob Deceived his Father
... Once when Jacob was preparing a stew, Esau came in from the fields, and he was very
hungry; so he said to Jacob, "Let me swallow some of that red stew, for I ...
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Jacob and Esau.
... older. One day Esau came in from hunting, very tired and hungry, and sold
his birthright to Jacob for a kind of stew called pottage. ...
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The Power of Ambition.
... Once when Jacob was preparing a stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was faint;
therefore Esau said to Jacob, Let me eat quickly, I pray, some of that red ...
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The Death of Saint Patrick.
... Others say that, at all events, he introduced the Irish-stew; but to that there
seems also some little objection of the same character, as "praties" enter ...
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The Seventh Commandment
... dispensed with for money. It was once said of Rome, Urbs est jam tota lupanar,
Rome was become a common stew. And no wonder, when ...
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Powerful Persuasives
... Come ye to Jesus. He invites you. Ye that stew and toil for wealth, ye merchants,
with your many cares, labourers ye are. He bids you come. ...
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The Gateway into the Kingdom.
... "If the Lord had told Moses to go and get some herbs, or roots, and stew them, and
take the decoction as a medicine, there would be something in that. ...
/.../moody/the way to god and how to find it/chapter ii the gateway into.htm

Climbing the Mountain
... You will find it a long way, and a stew stiff ascent, and anything else than brass
would be worn out. Young Christian, have you had your feet shod yet? ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A small pond or pool where fish are kept for the table; a vivarium.

2. (n.) An artificial bed of oysters.

3. (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples.

4. (v. i.) To be seethed or cooked in a slow, gentle manner, or in heat and moisture.

5. (n.) A place of stewing or seething; a place where hot bathes are furnished; a hothouse.

6. (n.) A brothel; -- usually in the plural.

7. (n.) A prostitute.

8. (n.) A dish prepared by stewing; as, a stew of pigeons.

9. (n.) A state of agitating excitement; a state of worry; confusion; as, to be in a stew.

Thesaurus

Stew (7 Occurrences)
... vt) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in
a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to ...
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Esau (89 Occurrences)
... Rebekah loved Jacob. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Genesis 25:29
Jacob boiled stew. ... Genesis 25:34 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. ...
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Pot (46 Occurrences)
... There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before
him; and he said to his servant, "Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the ...
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Famished (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Famished (8 Occurrences). Genesis 25:29 Jacob boiled stew.
Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Meal-time (1 Occurrence)
... When the meat was boiled in more water than was required for the ordinary "stew"
the result was the broth (Judges 6:19 f), and the meat and the broth might ...
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Mealtime (1 Occurrence)
... When the meat was boiled in more water than was required for the ordinary "stew"
the result was the broth (Judges 6:19 f), and the meat and the broth might ...
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Meals (8 Occurrences)
... When the meat was boiled in more water than was required for the ordinary "stew"
the result was the broth (Judges 6:19 f), and the meat and the broth might ...
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Jug (11 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A pitcher; a ewer. 3. (n.) A prison; a jail; a lockup. 4. (vt) To seethe
or stew, as in a jug or jar placed in boiling water; as, to jug a hare. ...
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Lentil (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Lentil (1 Occurrence). Genesis 25:34 Jacob gave Esau bread
and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. ...
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Lentils (4 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Lentils (4 Occurrences). Genesis 25:34 Jacob gave Esau
bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. ...
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Bible Concordance

Stew (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 25:29 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Genesis 25:30 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom.
(WEB NIV)

Genesis 25:34 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.
(WEB NAS NIV)

2 Kings 4:38 Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a famine in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, "Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets."
(WEB NAS NIV)

2 Kings 4:39 One went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered of it wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of stew; for they didn't recognize them.
(WEB NAS NIV)

2 Kings 4:40 So they poured out for the men to eat. It happened, as they were eating of the stew, that they cried out, and said, "Man of God, there is death in the pot!" They could not eat of it.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Haggai 2:12 'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'" The priests answered, "No."
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Stew

Related Terms

Esau (89 Occurrences)

Pot (46 Occurrences)

Famished (8 Occurrences)

Meal-time (1 Occurrence)

Mealtime (1 Occurrence)

Meals (8 Occurrences)

Jug (11 Occurrences)

Lentil (1 Occurrence)

Lentils (4 Occurrences)