Easton: Foam

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Source: Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) (Foam) · external_aligned

(Hos. 10:7), the rendering of ketseph, which properly means twigs or splinters (as rendered in the LXX. and marg. R.V.). The expression in Hosea may therefore be read, “as a chip on the face of the water,” denoting the helplessness of the piece of wood as compared with the irresistable current.

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