(4) `aroth achi, translated "meadows," the King James Version "paper reeds" ( Isaiah 19:7). (3) 'aghammim, translated "reeds," margin "marshes," Hebrew "pools" ( Jeremiah 51:32) elsewhere "pools" ( Exodus 7:19 8:5 Isaiah 14:23, etc.). The "ships of reed" are the light skiffs made of plaited reeds used on the Nile compare "vessels of papyrus" ( Isaiah 18:2). (2) 'ebheh, translated "swift," margin "reed" ( Job 9:26). (1) achu, translated "reed-grass" ( Genesis 41:2,18 Job 8:11 margin). indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary (3) The writing reed, Arundo scriptoria, was used for making pens. It has a jointed stalk like the bamboo, and is very abundant on the Nile. (2) A stronger reed, Arundo donax, the true reed of Egypt and Palestine, which grows 8 or 10 feet high, and is thicker than a mans thumb. Thus there are in general four kinds of reeds named in the Bible: (1) The water reed No, 1 above. This paper was always expensive among the Greeks, being worth a dollar a sheet. The Greek name is Biblos, from which came our word Bible-book-because books were made of the papyrus paper. The papyrus plant has an angular stem from 3 to 6 feet high, though occasionally it grows to the height of 14 feet it has no leaves the flowers are in very small spikelets, which grow on the thread-like flowering branchlets which form a bushy crown to each stem (It was used for making paper, shoes, sails, ropes, mattresses, etc. Hooker saw it on the banks of Lake Tiberias, a few miles north of the town. The papyrus reed is not now found in Egypt it grows however, in Syria. Gnome, translated "rush" and "bulrush" by the Authorized Version, without doubt denotes the celebrated paper-reed of the ancients, Papyrus antiquorum, which formerly was common in some parts of Egypt.The drooping panicle of this plant will answer well to the "bowing down the head" of which Isaiah speaks. There can be no doubt that it denotes some aquatic reed-like plant, probably the Phragmitis communis, which, if it does not occur in Palestine and Egypt, is represented by a very closely-allied species, viz., the Arundo isiaca of Delisle. Agmon occurs in ( Job 40:12 Job 40:16 Isaiah 9:14 ) (Authorized Version "rush").Under this name may be noticed the following Hebrew words: indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible DictionaryĮaston, Matthew George. indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, The "reed" on which they put the sponge filled with vinegar ( Matthew 27:48 ) was, according to ( John 19:29 ), a hyssop stalk, which must have been of some length, or perhaps a bunch of hyssop twigs fastened to a rod with the sponge. A reed was put into our Lord's hands in derision ( Matthew 27:29 ) and "they took the reed and smote him on the head" (30). The reed of Egypt and Palestine is the Arundo donax, which grows to the height of 12 feet, its stalk jointed like the bamboo, "with a magnificent panicle of blossom at the top, and so slender and yielding that it will lie perfectly flat under a gust of wind, and immediately resume its upright position." It is used to illustrate weakness ( 2 Kings 18:21 Ezekiel 29:6 ), also fickleness or instability ( Matthew 11:7 Compare Ephesians 4:14 ).Ī "bruised reed" ( Isaiah 42:3 Matthew 12:20 ) is an emblem of a believer weak in grace. kanna, a "cane," a generic name for a reed of any kind. 'aroth, properly green herbage growing in marshy places. "Paper reeds" ( Isaiah 19:7 RSV, "reeds").
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