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H8194 שָׁפָה (shâphâh) shaw-faw'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

cheese

Strong's Definition

a cheese (as strained from the whey)

Derivation: from H8192 (שָׁפָה) in the sense of clarifying;

KJV Usage: cheese.

TWOT Reference: 2440a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) cream, cheese
1a) meaning dubious

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁפוֹת (sha.phah) — cheese. 1) cream, cheese 1a) meaning uncertain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · שׁפה

Dairy

Collocation: שְׁפֹות בָּקָר

cheese = substance ◄ made out of pressed curds of cow milk, ► used as food

2SA 17:29

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שְׁפוֹת n.f. dub., perhaps cream base

Bible Occurrences (1)

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