beans Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
beans in Easton's Bible Dictionary
mentioned in 2 Sam. 17:28 as having been brought to David when flying from Absalom. They formed a constituent in the bread Ezekiel (4:9) was commanded to make, as they were in general much used as an article of diet. They are extensively cultivated in Egypt and Arabia and Syria.
beans in Smith's Bible Dictionary
#2Sa 17:28; Eze 4:9| Beans are cultivated in Israel, which produces many of the leguminous order of plants, such, as lentils, kidney-beans, vetches, etc.
beans in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
BEANS . Eze 4:9. The Eastern plant ordinarily thus known (Vieia faba) is quite unlike the garden or field bean of the United States. It is of the same family, but is an erect annual with a stout stem, is one of the commonest field-crops of Europe and the Orient, and bears in its pods large coarse seeds which are fed to animals and much eaten by the poorer classes. Kidney-beans are now sometimes cultivated in Palestine.
beans in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
Among the supplies brought to David at Mahanaim (2 Samuel 17:28). An ingredient in Ezekiel's (Ezekiel 4:9) bread for 390 days, during his representative siege of Jerusalem. The food of the poor, and of horses. Our pulse is akin to the Hebrew pul.