The Definition of the word Paper

Paper

The expression in the Authorized Version (Isa. 19:7), the paper" "reeds by the brooks," is in the Revised Version more correctly" the meadows by the Nile. The words undoubtedly refer to a grassy place on the banks of the Nile fit for pasturage. "In 2 John 1:12 the word is used in its proper sense. The "material so referred to was manufactured from the papyrus, and" hence its name. The papyrus (Heb. gome) was a kind of bulrush (q.v.). It is mentioned by Job (8:11) and Isaiah (35:7). It was used for many purposes. This plant (Papyrus Nilotica) is now unknown in Egypt; no trace of it can be found. The unaccountable disappearance of this plant from Egypt was foretold by Isaiah "(19:6, 7) as a part of the divine judgment on that land. The" most extensive papyrus growths now known are in the marshes at the northern end of the lake of Merom.