Barley
שְׂעֹרָה (se'orah)
GRAIN
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 35 verses (KJV)
GrainOne of the seven species
Description
Barley ripened weeks before wheat and was the grain of the poor — coarser, cheaper, and the first harvest of the year. It was barley loaves a boy handed Jesus before five thousand were fed.
Key verses
“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;”
Deuteronomy 8:8
“There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?”
John 6:9
All 35 referencesshow
- 1 Chronicles 11:13
- 1 Kings 4:28
- 2 Chronicles 2:10
- 2 Chronicles 2:15
- 2 Chronicles 27:5
- 2 Kings 4:42
- 2 Kings 7:1
- 2 Kings 7:16
- 2 Kings 7:18
- 2 Samuel 14:30
- 2 Samuel 17:28
- 2 Samuel 21:9
- Deuteronomy 8:8
- Exodus 9:31
- Ezekiel 4:9
- Ezekiel 4:12
- Ezekiel 13:19
- Ezekiel 45:13
- Hosea 3:2
- Isaiah 28:25
- Jeremiah 41:8
- Job 31:40
- Joel 1:11
- John 6:9
- John 6:13
- Judges 7:13
- Leviticus 27:16
- Numbers 5:15
- Revelation 6:6
- Ruth 1:22
- Ruth 2:17
- Ruth 2:23
- Ruth 3:2
- Ruth 3:15
- Ruth 3:17