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Flagon
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Flagon. A word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms:
1. 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.
2. 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.
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Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Flagon'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​f/flagon.html. 1901.
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Flagon'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​f/flagon.html. 1901.