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FAT

“Fat” translates more than two dozen Hebrew and Greek words and is used literally, mainly in connection with sacrifice, and metaphorically. The Hebrews were to offer in sacrifice the best part of an animal, the fat and the blood (Lev. 7:33; 17:6; Ezek. 44:7, 15), which no human was allowed to eat (Lev. 3:17; 7:23-25). Animals kept in a stall rather than let out to pasture were being prepared for food and were known as fatted or fatling (1 Sam. 15:9; 28:24).

Fat can also refer to the size of animals (Gen. 41:2), humans (Judg. 3:17, 22), and plants such as corn (Gen. 41:5, 7). Metaphorically “fat” refers to prosperity (Deut. 31:20), fertility (Gen. 27:27-28), wealth (Jer. 5:28), strength (Ps. 78:31 MT), and insensitivity (119:70; Isa. 6:10 MT).

Timothy W. Seid






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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