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To knead

לוּשׁStrong’s H3888

lush

Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Lush is the Hebrew word usually translated “kneaded”, “knead” and “kneading”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.”
Genesis 18:6 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Qal) to knead (dough)
How it's translated
  • and she kneaded 2
  • knead 1
  • kneading 1
  • from kneading 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Jeremiah 1
  • Hosea 1

5 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

לוּשׁ lush · to knead

(Qal) to knead (dough)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

KNEAD, verb transitive

nead. To work and press ingredients into a mass, usually with the hands; particularly, to work into a well mixed mass the materials of bread, cake or paste; as, to knead dough.

    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.