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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Mess:

a portion of food given to a guest (Gen 43:34; 2Sa 11:8).

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Mess:

mes (mas'eth): Any dish of food sent (Latin missum; French messe) to the table. It occurs in the Old Testament in Ge 43:34 (twice); 2Sa 11:8 English Versions of the Bible, and in the New Testament in Heb 12:16, translating brosis.

King James Dictionary

Mess: Portion; Gift.

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. And he took and sent MESSES unto them from before him: but Benjamin's MESS was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. (Genesis 43:33-34)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
1 Strong's Number: g1035 Greek: brosis

Mess:

"eating, food," is translated "mess of meat" in Hbr 12:16, RV (AV, "morsel of meat").
See FOOD, MEAT, No. 2.

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