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Did Daniel eat vegetables or Cereal?

evangelist6589

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The KJV version uses a certain word that can be translated to cereal and not vegetables. However the NIV, ESV, and even the NKJV use the word vegetables. So tell me what was it cereal or vegetables in Daniel 1?
 

Amy.G

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Daniel 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

The KJV uses the word "pulse".

Strongs:
zeroa` zay-ro'-ah
or zeraSon {zay-raw-ohn'}; from 2232; something sown (only in the plural), i.e. a vegetable (as food):--pulse.


Where are you getting cereal?
 
Daniel 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

The KJV uses the word "pulse".

Strongs:
zeroa` zay-ro'-ah
or zeraSon {zay-raw-ohn'}; from 2232; something sown (only in the plural), i.e. a vegetable (as food):--pulse.


Where are you getting cereal?


The same place we all get it, the local supermarket, duh!! You ever get out much anymore, Sissy?? :laugh: :love2: :wavey: :D
 

Oldtimer

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PULSE

puls (zero'-im (Dan 1:12 margin, "herbs"), zere'onim (Dan 1:16); compare zerua`, "sowing seed" (Lev 11:37), and zeru'im, "things sown" (Isa 61:11)): (1) In Dan 1:12,16, it must mean herbs or vegetables grown from seeds; a vegetable diet is what is implied. (2) In 2 Sam 17:28, "pulse" after "parched" is not in the original, but is probably more correct than the translation in (1), as "pulse" usually implies leguminous plants, peas, beans, etc.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'PULSE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.
http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/P/PULSE/

Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Pulse
Daniel 1:12; Daniel 1:16, zeronim, edible "seeds" or grain of any kind, barley, wheat, millet, vetches. Leguminous seeds roasted are still used in the East (compare 2 Samuel 17:28). Gesenius explains "vegetables grown from seeks, in general." http://www.bible-history.com/faussets/P/Pulse/

Pulse
(Dan. 1:12, 16), R.V. herbs," vegetable food in general."
http://www.kingjamesbibleverse.com/definitions/p/pulse/

Pulse [N] [E]
(seeds ) usually means peas, beans and the seeds that grow in pods. In the Authorized Version it occurs only in ( Lamentations 1:12Lamentations 1:16 ) as the translation of words the literal meaning of which is "seeds" of any kind. Probably the term denotes uncooked grain of any kind, as barley wheat, millet, vetches, etc.

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[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/smiths-bible-dictionary/pulse.html (Note: Error in verse documentation)

Easton's Bible Dictionary
The following is the results of your search for Pulse.
Pulse: (Daniel 1:12,16) R.V. "herbs," vegetable food in general.
http://bible.christiansunite.com/est.cgi?action=Search&terms=Pulse

Nave's Topical Bible
The following is the results of your search for Pulse.
Pulse:
A sort of food
(Daniel 1:12,16)
http://bible.christiansunite.com/Naves_Topical_Bible/ntb3997.shtml
 

evangelist6589

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Daniel 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.

The KJV uses the word "pulse".

Strongs:
zeroa` zay-ro'-ah
or zeraSon {zay-raw-ohn'}; from 2232; something sown (only in the plural), i.e. a vegetable (as food):--pulse.


Where are you getting cereal?

From a commentary on the book of Daniel.
 

evangelist6589

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Thanks for this. This tells me that my commentary may be incorrect on this one.


PULSE

puls (zero'-im (Dan 1:12 margin, "herbs"), zere'onim (Dan 1:16); compare zerua`, "sowing seed" (Lev 11:37), and zeru'im, "things sown" (Isa 61:11)): (1) In Dan 1:12,16, it must mean herbs or vegetables grown from seeds; a vegetable diet is what is implied. (2) In 2 Sam 17:28, "pulse" after "parched" is not in the original, but is probably more correct than the translation in (1), as "pulse" usually implies leguminous plants, peas, beans, etc.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'PULSE'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.
http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/P/PULSE/

Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Pulse
Daniel 1:12; Daniel 1:16, zeronim, edible "seeds" or grain of any kind, barley, wheat, millet, vetches. Leguminous seeds roasted are still used in the East (compare 2 Samuel 17:28). Gesenius explains "vegetables grown from seeks, in general." http://www.bible-history.com/faussets/P/Pulse/

Pulse
(Dan. 1:12, 16), R.V. herbs," vegetable food in general."
http://www.kingjamesbibleverse.com/definitions/p/pulse/

Pulse [N] [E]
(seeds ) usually means peas, beans and the seeds that grow in pods. In the Authorized Version it occurs only in ( Lamentations 1:12Lamentations 1:16 ) as the translation of words the literal meaning of which is "seeds" of any kind. Probably the term denotes uncooked grain of any kind, as barley wheat, millet, vetches, etc.

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[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
http://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/smiths-bible-dictionary/pulse.html (Note: Error in verse documentation)

Easton's Bible Dictionary
The following is the results of your search for Pulse.
Pulse: (Daniel 1:12,16) R.V. "herbs," vegetable food in general.
http://bible.christiansunite.com/est.cgi?action=Search&terms=Pulse

Nave's Topical Bible
The following is the results of your search for Pulse.
Pulse:
A sort of food
(Daniel 1:12,16)
http://bible.christiansunite.com/Naves_Topical_Bible/ntb3997.shtml
 

Deacon

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Site Supporter
Thanks for this. This tells me that my commentary may be incorrect on this one.


Daniel's Meal Plan for Sunday, March 18th, 539 BC


Breakfast - Coco Puffs and Captain Crunch

Lunch - Campbell's Lentil Soup and Wonder Bread (builds body's 12 ways)

Dinner - Vegetarian Chilli or Buddhist Delight

Snack - Power bar




Daniel had a wide range of food to eat and wasn't deprived.
Even today we would say a properly regulated vegetarian diet is healthy


Rob
 
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