Cheek in Biblical History

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What is the Cheek?
CHEEK
To be struck upon the cheek was, among the Hebrews, to be grossly insulted. In proof see 1 Kgs 22:24; Job 16:10; Matt 5:39. CHEESE was a common article of food among the Hebrews. The word occurs but three times in the Bible, and in each case the original word is different. 1 Sam 17:18; 2 Sam 17:29; Job 10:10. It is difficult to decide how far these terms correspond with our notion of cheese. In the original the first word means "a cutting," "ten sections of curds," soft cheese; the root of the second word means "to scrape," implying that the cheese was grated; while the third word means "curdled milk." The modern Bedouins use a kind of coagulated butter-milk, which is ground when dried hard, and eaten mixed with butter.

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