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v. Fat
Gen 27:28 May God give you .. of the g of the earth
Lev 3:16 will burn this.. all the g is of Jehovah
Lev 7:23 no g of ox or lamb or
Psa 17:10 wrapped they are with their g; with his mouth
Psa 36:8 will be .. filled with the g of your house, and your

Thickness (Heb. jêleb). The Israelites were forbidden to eat the fat/fat or tallow (Lev 3:17; 7:23, 24; etc.) because “all the fat is the Lord’s” (3:16). It was to be burned on the altar (Exo 29:13; Lev 3:3-5; etc.) as “a sweet aroma to the Lord” (17:6). These terms are often used figuratively in passages dealing with material prosperity and personal blessings (Gen 45:18; cf 1Ch 4:40; Psa 92:14; Pro 11:24, 25; Isa 30:23; etc.). In Exo 29:13 there is mention of the “fat” (Heb. yôthereth, “what is left over”) attached to the liver, an unidentified appendage attached to the liver. Job 15:27 speaks of fat (Heb. pîmâh) which, in the form of folds (indicating superabundance), covers a person’s flanks or waist. See Thicken.

Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary

see SEBO

Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary

With this word different terms of the Hebrew are translated. They express the abundance of something, with special reference to the deliciousness of a dish, the fertility of a piece of land, the robustness of a person or an animal. “God, then, give you … of the g. of the earth† (Gen 27:28). “At that time the glory of Jacob will dim, and the g will grow thin. of his flesh † (Isa 17:4). It is also a reference to the part of fat or fat that covers some animal organs. Eating it was forbidden (Lev 3:17), and in the case of certain sacrifices it had to be burned (Exo 29:22-25; Lev 4:31).

Source: Christian Bible Dictionary

tip, LAW TYPE

vet, Forming the richest part of the victim’s body, it should be offered to God above all else: “food is an offering that is burned as a pleasing aroma to the Lord; all the fat belongs to the Lord” (Lev. 3:16). Abel offered to God the fat of the firstborn of his sheep (Gen. 4:4; cf. Num. 18:17). By Mosaic law, all the fat of the slaughtered animals belongs to Jehovah. There is an express prohibition on eating of it (Lev. 3:3, 9, 17; 7:3, 23, 25), as is the case with blood (although the prohibition on eating fat is limited to the Mosaic ceremonial law; not so with eating blood, which extends to all humanity, and which has not ceased to be valid, Gen. 9:3, 4; see 15:20, 28-29). Burnt on the altar, the fat was a sweet-smelling sacrifice to Jehovah (Ex. 29:13, 22; Lev. 4:8-10, 31). Evidently, on the occasion of the establishment in Canaan and due to the distance that separated most of the Israelites from the central sanctuary, the prescription of burning the fat was abolished when it came to animals dedicated solely to their consumption as food (Dt. 12: 15, 16, 21-24). In Isa. 1:11 it is translated “fat.” In the Neh passage. 8:10, where it is ordered: “go, eat fat, drink sweet wine”, the term translated “fat” is not “cheleb”, as in the other passages, but “mashmannim”, lit., oily substances, and appears only in this passage in the entire OT. It is evident that it does not refer to animal fat. Apparently it refers to delicious foods. The fatness, in typology, represents the internal energy of the Lord Jesus in his offering of Himself to God.

Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary

piotes (piovth”, 4096) is translated “fat” in Rom 11:17 (KJV, VHA, VM; “rich sap” in KJV, KJV; for a discussion of this term, see SAP).¶

Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary

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