FLAGON


Meaning of FLAGON in English

a word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms:

→ Ashishah, (2 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 16:3; Song of Solomon 2:5; Hosea 3:1) It really means a cake of pressed raisins. Such cakes were considered as delicacies; they were also offered to idols.

→ Nebel, (Isaiah 22:24) is commonly used for a bottle or vessel, originally probably a skin, but in later times a piece of pottery. (Isaiah 30:14)

Smith's Bible English dictionary.      Английский библейский словарь Смита.