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pottage in Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. nazid, "boiled", a dish of boiled food, as of lentils (Gen. 25:29; 2 Kings 4:38).

pottage in Smith's Bible Dictionary

[LENTILS]

pottage in Schaff's Bible Dictionary

POT'TAGE . Gen 25:29. At this day, in many parts of the East, lentiles are boiled or stewed like beans with oil and garlic, and make a dish of a chocolate color, which is eaten as pottage. Other ingredients were used, as in soups of modern times. 2 Kgs 4:39.

pottage in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

nazid, from zid "to boil." A dish of boiled food, of common materials, as lentils (Genesis 25:29; 2 Kings 4:38).