keration <2769>

keration keration

Pronunciation:	ker-at'-ee-on
Origin:	from a presumed derivative of 2768
Reference:	-
PrtSpch:	n n
In Greek:	keratiwn 1
In NET:	carob pods 1
In AV:	husk 1
Count:	1
Definition:	1) a little horn 2) the name of the fruit, Ceratonia silqua or carobtree (called also John's Bread [from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the "locust", constituted the food of the Baptist]. This fruit was shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was and is used not only for fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes. neuter of a presumed derivative of 2768; something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree:-husk. see GREEK for 2768

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