Meals (Easton)

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Are at the present day 'eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross-legged on mats or small carpets in a circle, and dipping their fingers into one large dish heaped with a mixture of boiled rice and other grain and meat. But in the time of our Lord, and perhaps even"> 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 M Bible Dictionaries Meals 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 Meah Next Entry Mearah Resource Toolbox Print Article Additional Links Concordances Nave Topical Bible Meal Thompson Chain Reference Meal-Offerings Grace, Before Meals Dictionaries American Tract Society Meals Charles Buck Dictionary Grace at Meals Chabad Knowledge Base Moshiach's Meal Grace After Meals Easton's Bible Dictionary Meals Fausset Bible Dictionary Meals Holman Bible Dictionary Meals Meal Offering Hastings' BibleDictionary Meals Meal-Offering Meal Hastings' NT Dictionary Meals King James Dictionary Meal 1910 New Catholic Dictionary Meals, Grace at Grace at Meals People's Bible Dictionary Meals Smith Bible Dictionary Meals Vines' Expository Dictionary Meal Whyte's Bible Characters The Woman Who Took Leaven and Hid It in Three Measures of Meal Wilson's Bible Types Meal Webster Dictionary Meal-Mouthed Meal Cottonseed Meal Encyclopedias 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica Meal International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Meal Meal Offering Meals; Meal-Time McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia Grace at Meals Grace at Meals Meal (only first 3 shown) The Catholic Encyclopedia Grace at Meals Thanksgiving before and after Meals The Jewish Encyclopedia Grace at Meals Meal-Offering Lexicons ܩܰܡܚܳܐ ܫܳܪܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ Girdleston's OT Synonyms Meat, Meal Offering ἄλευρον ἄριστον ἄρτος (only first 3 shown) אָכַל לֶחֶם מִנְחָה (only first 3 shown) Are at the present day "eaten from a round table little higher than a stool, guests sitting cross-legged on mats or small carpets in a circle, and dipping their fingers into one large dish heaped with a mixture of boiled rice and other grain and meat. But in the time of our Lord, and perhaps even from the days of ( Amos 6:4,7 ), the foreign custom had been largely introduced of having broad couches, forming three sides of a small square, the guests reclining at ease on their elbows during meals, with their faces to the space within, up and down which servants passed offering various dishes, or in the absence of servants, helping themselves from dishes laid on a table set between the couches." Geikie's Life of Christ. (Compare Luke 7:36-50 .) (See ABRAHAM'S BOSOM; BANQUET; FEAST .)

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