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CUCUMBER

The fruit of a vine cultivated in the ancient Near East (Heb. qiššuʾâ), possibly of the species Cucumis sativus L. or Cucumis chate L., garden cucumbers similar to modern varieties. They may also have been muskmelons (Cucumis melo L. var. chatae Nand.), green fruits similar to garden cucumbers. While in the wilderness, the Israelites pined for the cucumbers they had eaten in Egypt (Num. 11:5).

Isaiah depicts a farmer’s shelter alone in a cucumber field as a symbol of Jerusalem alone in desolated Judah (Isa. 1:8). Jeremiah compares idols to scarecrows in a cucumber field (Jer. 10:5).

Megan Bishop Moore






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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