Choice
פַּת־בָּגStrong’s H6598patbag (pat-bag)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Patbag is the Hebrew word usually translated “delicaci of”, “some of deli-” and “-caci of”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king’s meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.”
Meaning
- Portion of food for king, delicacies
How it's translated
- delicaci of 2
- some of deli- 1
- -caci of 1
- with delicaci of 1
- delicaci their 1
- deli- 1
- -cacies his 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:8In contextBut Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- Daniel 1:13In contextThen let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
- Daniel 1:15In contextAnd at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
- Daniel 1:16In contextThus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
- Daniel 11:26In contextYea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Hebrew dictionary
פַּת־בָּג patbag · choice
portion of food for king, delicacies
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “choice” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CHOICE, noun
- The act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; or the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.“Ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my moth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe” Acts 15:7
- The power of choosing; option.
- Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference.
- The thing chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.
All definitions and other forms of “choice”
- The best part of any thing; that which is preferable, and properly the object of choice“In the choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead” Genesis 23:6
- The act of electing to office by vote; election.
CHOICE, adjective
- Worthy of being preferred; select; precious; very valuable.“My revenue is better than choice silver” Proverbs 8:19
- Holding dear; preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; as, to be choice of time or of advantages.
- Selecting with care, and due attention to preference; as, to be choice of ones company.
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.