Easton's Bible Dictionary: M. G. Easton, M.A., D.D.

Butter

(Heb.hemah), curdled milk (Gen. 18:8; Judg. 5:25; 2 Sam. 17:29), or butter in the form of the skim of hot milk or cream, called by the Arabs kaimak, a semi-fluid (Job 20:17, 29:6; Dt. 32:14). The words of Pr. 30:33 have been rendered by some "the pressure [not churning] of milk bringeth forth cheese."



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