Easton's Bible Dictionary A portion of food given to a guest (Genesis 43:34; 2 Samuel 11:8). Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Mass; church service. 2. (n.) A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; as, a mess of pottage; also, the food given to a beast at one time. 3. (n.) A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common; especially, persons in the military or naval service who eat at the same table; as, the wardroom mess. 4. (n.) A set of four; -- from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner. 5. (n.) The milk given by a cow at one milking. 6. (n.) A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; as, he made a mess of it. 7. (v. i.) To take meals with a mess; to belong to a mess; to eat (with others); as, I mess with the wardroom officers. 8. (v. t.) To supply with a mess. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia MESS mes (mas'eth): Any dish of food sent (Latin missum; French messe) to the table. It occurs in the Old Testament in Genesis 43:34 (twice); 2 Samuel 11:8 English Versions of the Bible, and in the New Testament in Hebrews 12:16, translating brosis.

Multi-Version Concordance Mess (3 Occurrences) Hebrews 12:16 lest 'there be' any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. (ASV) Genesis 43:34 And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. (Root in KJV ASV WBS) 2 Samuel 11:8 And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. (KJV JPS ASV WBS)