The Definition of the word Corn

Corn

The word so rendered (dagan) in Gen. 27:28, 37, Num. 18:27, "Deut. 28:51, Lam. 2:12, is a general term representing all the" "commodities we usually describe by the words corn, grain, seeds," "peas, beans. With this corresponds the use of the word in John" 12:24 "In Gen. 41:35, 49, Prov. 11:26, Joel 2:24 ("wheat"), the word "thus translated (bar; i.e., "winnowed") means corn purified from" chaff. With this corresponds the use of the word in the New Testament (Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17; Acts 7:12). In Ps. 65:13 it "means "growing corn." "In Gen. 42:1, 2, 19, Josh. 9:14, Neh. 10:31 ("victuals"), the "word (sheber; i.e., "broken," i.e., grist) denotes generally" "victuals, provisions, and corn as a principal article of food." "From the time of Solomon, corn began to be exported from "Palestine (Ezek. 27:17; Amos 8:5). "Plenty of corn" was a part" of Issac's blessing conferred upon Jacob (Gen. 27:28; comp. Ps. 65:13).