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Lobe

יֹתֶ֫רֶתStrong’s H3508

yoteret (yo-te-ret)

Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yoteret is the Hebrew word usually translated “lobe” and “lobe of”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.”
Exodus 29:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. Appendage, overhang, protrusion, the caudate lobe of the liver of a sacrificial animal
How it's translated
  • the lobe 7
  • lobe of 3
  • and lobe of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 9
  • Exodus 2

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יֹתֶ֫רֶת yoteret · lobe

appendage, overhang, protrusion, the caudate lobe of the liver of a sacrificial animal

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “lobe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

LOBE, noun

[Latin lobus; Gr.]

  1. A part or division of the lungs, liver, etc.
  2. The lower soft part of the ear.
  3. A division of a simple leaf.
  4. The cotyledon or placenta of a seed.
All definitions and other forms of “lobe”

    LO'BED, adjective

    Lobate, which see.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.