Flagon

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Heb. ashishah, (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1), meaning properly "a cake of pressed raisins." "Flagons of wine" of the Authorized Version should be, as in the Revised Version, "cakes of raisins" in all these passages. In Isa. 22:24 it is the rendering of the Hebrew nebel, which properly means a bottle or vessel of skin. (Comp. 1 Sam. 1:24; 10:3; 25:18; 2 Sam. 16:1, where the same Hebrew word is used.)

Related Words

Flagon
·noun A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger t...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Flagon
a word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms: • Ashishah, (2 Samue...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
shot-flagon
the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose