Strong's Definition
of uncertain derivation; a melon (only plural)
KJV Usage: melon
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אֲבַטִּחִים (a.vat.ti.ach) — melon. watermelon, Egyptian fruit
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m
Crops | ≈ בָּצָל · חָצִיר · קִשֻּׁאָה · שׁוּמִים
watermelon = sweet, juicy fruit; ◄ produced by a trailing plant (citrullus vulgaris) cultivated in Egypt along the river Nile; ≈ much appreciated
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֲבַטִּחִים n.[m.]pl. water-melons—Egyptian fruit, Nu 11:5 ref
