Wheat

hwet ((1) chiTTah, the specific word for wheat (Ge 30:14; Ex 34:22, etc.), with puros (Judith 3:3; Sirach 39:26); (2) bar, or bar (Jer 23:28; Joe 2:24; Am 5:11; 8:6); in other passages translated "grain" or "corn"; (3) sitos (Mt 3:12; 13:25,29-30; Lu 3:17; 16:7; 22:31, etc.) (for other words translated occasionally "wheat" in the King James Version see CORN; FOOD)): Wheat, usually the bearded variety, is cultivated all over Palestine, though less so than barley. The great plain of the Hauran is a vast expanse of wheat fields in the spring; considerable quantities are exported via Beirut, Haifa, and Gaza. The "wheat harvest" was in olden times one of the regular divisions of the year (Ex 34:22; Jg 15:1; 1Sa 12:17); it follows the barley harvest (Ex 9:31-32), occurring in April, May or June, according to the altitude.

See a list of verses on WHEAT in the Bible.

E. W. G. Masterman

See the definition of wheat in the KJV Dictionary

See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.


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