Lump
Lump
(, debelah’), a round mass of any substance pressed together, specially of dried figs (2Ki 20:7; Isa 38:21; “cake,” 1Sa 25:18; 1Sa 30:12; 1Ch 12:40). The Greeks adopted the Heb. term in a softened form, , which the Sept. uses. This was the usual shape in which figs were preserved for sale or use among the ancients, and is still found in the modern package called a “drum of figs.” (See Celsii Hierobot. 2:377-379; J.E. Faber on Harmar’s Obs. 1:389 sq.) SEE FIG.
The term rendered “lump” in the New Test. is , a kneaded mass, e.g. of potter’s clay prepared for molding (Rom 9:21), or of dough (proverbially, 1Co 5:6; Gal 5:9; tropically, Rom 11:16; 1Co 5:7). SEE POTTERY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Lump
denotes “that which is mixed or kneaded” (phurao, “to mix”); hence, “a lump,” either of dough, Rom 11:16 (cp. Num 15:21); 1Co 5:6-7; Gal 5:9 (see under LEAVEN); of potter’s clay, Rom 9:21.