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Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G2769
something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree
KJV usage: :--husk.
Etymology: neuter of a presumed derivative of ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
pr. a little horn; in NT a pod, the pod of the carob tree, or Ceratonia siliqua of Linnaeus, a common tree in the East and the south of Europe, growing to a considerable size, and producing long slender pods, with a pulp of a sweetish taste, and several brown shining seeds like beans, sometimes eaten by the poorer people in Syria and Palestine, and commonly used for fattening swine, Lk. 15:16*