Gourd (Easton)

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Jonah's gourd (Jonah 4:6-10 ), bearing the Hebrew name Kikayon (found only here), was probably the kiki of the Egyptians, the croton. This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma Christi, so called from the palmate division of its leaves. Others with more probability regard it as"> StudyL ı ght .org Plug in, Turn on and Be En light ened! Not Yet a Member? Click to Sign Up Now! --> --> Bible Study Tools Lang uage Tools Study Lib rary Hist orical Writings Pas toral Resources Per sonal Resources Site Resources Lectionary Calendar Saturday, June 6th, 2026 the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9 video advertismenet advertisement advertisement advertisement Attention! Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda. Click here to join the effort! Home » Bible Dictionaries » Easton's Bible Dictionary » Letter G Bible Dictionaries Gourd Easton's Bible Dictionary Search for… Enter query below: or A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Prev Entry Gospels Next Entry Government of God Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Gourd Thompson Chain Reference Gourds Treasury of Biblical Knowledge Gourds Dictionaries American Tract Society Gourd Easton's Bible Dictionary Gourd Fausset Bible Dictionary Gourd Holman Bible Dictionary Wild Gourd Gourd Hastings' BibleDictionary Gourd King James Dictionary Gourd Morrish Bible Dictionary Gourd, Wild Gourd Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary Gourd People's Bible Dictionary Gourd Watson's Theological Dictionary Gourd Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Gourd International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Gourd Gourd, Wild Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia Gourd McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Gourd The Jewish Encyclopedia Gourd Lexicons פְּקָעִים פַּקֻּעֹת קִיקָיון Jonah's gourd ( Jonah 4:6-10 ), bearing the Hebrew name Kikayon (found only here), was probably the kiki of the Egyptians, the croton. This is the castor-oil plant, a species of ricinus, the palma Christi, so called from the palmate division of its leaves. Others with more probability regard it as the cucurbita the el-keroa of the Arabs, a kind of pumpkin peculiar to the East. "It is grown in great abundance on the alluvial banks of the Tigris and on the plain between the river and the ruins of Nineveh." At the present day it is trained to run over structures of mud and brush to form boots to protect the gardeners from the heat of the noon-day sun. It grows with extraordinary rapidity, and when cut or injured withers away also with great rapidity. Wild gourds ( 2 Kings 4:38-40 ), Heb. pakkuoth, belong to the family of the cucumber-like plants, some of which are poisonous. The species here referred to is probably the colocynth (Cucumis colocynthus). The LXX. render the word by "wild pumpkin." It abounds in the desert parts of Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. There is, however, another species, called the Cucumis prophetarum, from the idea that it afforded the gourd which "the sons of the prophets" shred by mistake into their pottage.

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• part_of source-manifest/easton — Easton's Bible Dictionary (PD)