Fat


"(Heb. heleb) denotes the richest part of the animal, or the" "fattest of the flock, in the account of Abel's sacrifice (Gen." 4:4). It sometimes denotes the best of any production (Gen. 45:18; Num. 18:12; Ps. 81:16; 147:47). The fat of sacrifices was to be burned (Lev. 3:9-11; 4:8; 7:3; 8:25; Num. 18:17. Comp. Ex. 29:13-22; Lev. 3:3-5). "It is used figuratively for a dull, stupid state of mind (Ps 17:10). "In Joel 2:24 the word is equivalent to "vat," a vessel. The "hebrew word here thus rendered is elsewhere rendered "wine-fat" "and "press-fat" (Hag. 2:16; Isa. 63:2)."

A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; "Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a" "chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12;" "2 Kings 2:12; Matt. 23:9, etc.). (3) The author or beginner of" "anything is also so called; e.g., Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:20," 21; comp. Job 38:28). "Applied to God (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 32:6; 2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 89:27, "28, etc.). (1.) As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews" "(Jer. 31:9; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; John 8:41, etc.)." "(2.) Believers are called God's "sons" (John 1:12; Rom. 8:16; "Matt. 6:4, 8, 15, 18; 10:20, 29). They also call him "Father" (Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 2 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:4)

"(Old A.S. faethm, "bosom," or the outstretched arms), a span of" "six feet (Acts 27:28). Gr. orguia (from orego, "I stretch"), the" distance between the extremities of both arms fully stretched out.

(1.) A fatted animal for slaughter (2 Sam. 6:13; Isa. 11:6; "Ezek. 39:18. Comp. Matt. 22:4, where the word used in the" "original, sitistos, means literally "corn-fed;" i.e., installed," "fat). (2.) Ps. 66:15 (Heb. meah, meaning "marrowy," "fat," a" "species of sheep). (3.) 1 Sam. 15:9 (Heb. mishneh, meaning "the" "second," and hence probably "cattle of a second quality," or" "lambs of the second birth, i.e., autmnal lambs, and therfore of" less value).


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