Dictionary of Bible Themes – 4542 wheat
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4542 wheat

4542 wheat

A cereal widely cultivated for use as food. One of the main agricultural crops in biblical times, it is referred to throughout the Scriptures and features several times in Jesus Christ’s teaching.

The cultivation of wheat

Sowing wheat Isa 28:24-25 See also Jer 12:13; 1Co 15:37-38

The growth of the plant Ex 9:31-32 See also Jn 12:24

The wheat harvest 1Sa 6:13 See also Ge 30:14; Jdg 15:1; Ru 2:23; 1Sa 12:16-18; Joel 1:8-11

Threshing wheat Jdg 6:11 See also 1Ch 21:18-28

The parable of the wheat and the weeds Mt 13:24-30,36-43

Wheat as food

Ps 81:13-16 See also Dt 8:7-8; Dt 32:13-14; 2Sa 17:27-29; Ps 147:12-14; Jer 41:4-8; Eze 4:9-13

Offerings of wheat

Ex 34:22 See also Ex 29:2-3; Ezr 6:9; Ezr 7:21-23; Eze 45:13

Trade in wheat

Eze 27:17 See also Am 8:4-6; Rev 18:11-13

Wheat as payment or tribute

2Ch 2:8-10 pp 1Ki 5:11 See also 2Ch 2:15-16; 2Ch 27:5; Lk 16:1-7; Rev 6:6

Metaphorical references to wheat

Mt 3:11-12 pp Lk 3:16-17 See also SS 7:2; Lk 22:31-32

See also

4404food
4426chaff
4428corn
4430crops
4456grain
4464harvest
4510sowing & reaping
4522threshing
4524threshing-floor
4540weeds
5282crushing
7368grain offering

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