Butter in Smiths Bible Dictionary

Curdled milk. Ge 18:8; De 32:14; Jud 5:25; Job 20:17 Milk is generally offered to travellers in Israel in a curdled or sour state, leben, thick, almost like butter. Hasselquist describes the method of making butter employed by the Arab women: "they made butter in a leather bag, hung on three poles erected for the purpose, in the form of a cone, and drawn to and fro by two women."