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The Definition of the word Cheese

Cheese

(A.S. cese). This word occurs three times in the Authorized Version as the translation of three different Hebrew words: (1.) "1 Sam. 17:18, "ten cheeses;" i.e., ten sections of curd. (2.) 2" "Sam. 17:29, "cheese of kine" = perhaps curdled milk of kine. The" "Vulgate version reads "fat calves." (3.) Job 10:10, curdled milk" is meant by the word.


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