Barley Grain

† שְׂעֹרָה n.f. barley (bearded grain; 𝔊 κριθή, 𝔙 hordeum; NH id.; Sab. שערם Glass in FellZMG liv (1900), 256, Arabic شَعِيرٌ; Old Aramaic שערה, 𝔗 סְעָרְתָא; Syriac ܣܥܳܪܬܳܐ; Di260 cp. Ethiopic ሥርናይ wheat, grain);—abs. שׂ׳ Ex 9:31 +; usually pl. שְׂעֹרִים Ho 3:2 +;—barley, common grain (often ‖ חִטָּה, etc.): 1. growing, standing, sg. Ex 9:31(×2) (J), Dt 8:8 Jb 31:40 Jo 1:11, as sown Is 28:25; standing, pl. 2 S 14:30 שְׂעוֹ׳ 1 Ch 11:13, reaped קְצִיר (הַ)שְׂעֹרִים 2 S 21:9 Ru 1:22; 2:23, גֹּרֶן הַשּׂ׳ 3:2. 2. pl., the grains, measured, cooked, etc.: Ho 3:2(×2) Ez 4:9; 13:19; 45:13 2 K 7:1, 16, 18 Je 41:8 2 Ch 2:9, 14; 27:5 Ru 2:17; 3:15, 17, 2 S 17:28 1 K 5:8 (food for horses); זֶרַע חֹמֶר שׂ׳ Lv 27:16 (P); קֶמַח שׂ׳ Nu 5:15, לֶחֶם שׂ׳ Ju 7:13 2 K 4:42, עֻגַת שׂ׳ Ez 4:12.

κρῑθ-ῐνος, η, ον, made of or from barley, κόλλιξ, ἄρτος, Refs 6th c.BC+; κ. ὕδωρ Refs beer, Refs 2nd c.BC+: metaphorically, κ. Δημοσθένης, 'gingerbread Demosthenes', nickname of Dinarchus, Refs 2nd c.AD+

κρῑθ-ή, ἡ, mostly in plural, barleycorns, barley (compare κρῖ), the meal being ἄλφιτα: Refs 8th c.BC+; οἶνος ἐκ κριθέων πεποιημένος a kind of beer, Refs 5th c.BC+, also of species of barley, Refs 4th c.BC+ millet, Sorghum halepense, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II pustule on the eyelid, stye, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III barley-corn, the smallest weight, Refs 4th c.BC+ __IV in singular, ={πόσθη}, Refs 5th c.BC+