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Fatling

Fatling (1.) A fatted animal for slaughter (2Sam 6:13; Isa 11:6; Ezek 39:18. Comp. Matt 22:4, where the word used in the original, sitistos, means literally "corn-fed;" i.e., installed, fat). (2.) Ps 66:15 (He...

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Fatling (1.) A fatted animal for slaughter (2Sam 6:13; Isa 11:6; Ezek 39:18. Comp. Matt 22:4, where the word used in the original, sitistos, means literally "corn-fed;" i.e., installed, fat). (2.) Ps 66:15 (Heb. meah, meaning "marrowy," "fat," a species of sheep). (3.) 1Sam 15:9 (Heb. mishneh, meaning "the second," and hence probably "cattle of a second quality," or lambs of the second birth, i.e., autmnal lambs, and therfore of less value).

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