Strongs Number: G2769
- Greek Word
- κεράτιον
- Transliteration
- keration
- Phonetic
- ker-at'-ee-on
- Part of Speech
- Noun Neuter
- Strongs Definition
-
something horned that is (specifically) the pod of the carob tree
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a little horn
2. the name of the fruit, Ceratonia silqua or carobtree (called also John's Bread [from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the "locust", constituted the food of the Baptist]. This fruit was shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was and is used not only for fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes.
- Origin
- Neuter of a presumed derivative of G2768
- Bible Usage
- husk.