Everyday object in Scripture

Lentils in Scripture

Common food; notable in Esau/Jacob narrative.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Common food; notable in Esau/Jacob narrative.

Lentils is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
Genesis 25:34of lentilesH5742lentiles

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: context-sensitive lexical range. The references are useful, but the wording should be read in context because related English terms are included.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
4
Unique references
4
Books represented
3
Strong’s numbers
H5742

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Verse references

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