| Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Dry food for domestic animals, as hay, straw, corn, oats, or a mixture of ground grain; feed. 2. (n.) Food or provisions. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PROVENDER prov'-en-der
(1) micpo', from obsolete capha', "to feed," fodder for cattle in general (Genesis 24:25, 32; Genesis 42:27 Judges 19:19, 21);
(2) belil, from balal, "to mix": "Loweth the ox over his fodder?" (Job 6:5); belil chamits: "The young asses that till the ground shall eat savory (Hebrew "salted") provender" (Isaiah 30:24); this is fodder mixed with salt or aromatic herbs): The ordinary provender in Palestine, besides fresh pasturage, is tibn, i.e. straw broken on the threshing floor, kursenneh (Vetch, Vicia errilia), given especially to camels and milch cows; bran, for fattening and especially in cold weather; and, occasionally, hay made from the dried mixed grass and herbs which spring up luxuriously after the rains. The Circassian colonists East of the Jordan are teaching their neighbors the value of this food, so long neglected.
E. W. G. Masterman |  | Multi-Version Concordance Provender (10 Occurrences) Genesis 24:25 She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Genesis 24:32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Genesis 42:27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV) Genesis 43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT RSV) Judges 19:19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our donkeys; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servants: there is no want of anything." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) Judges 19:21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. (KJV DBY WBS RSV) Job 6:5 Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender? (YLT) Job 18:15 It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur. (YLT) Job 24:6 They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked. (WEB JPS ASV YLT) Isaiah 30:24 The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) |
