Bible Dictionary
BROTH
Broth means soup or liquid from cooked meat. Gideon placed the broth of a prepared kid in a pot, while Isaiah mentions broth among the practices of rebellious and defiled people.
Definition
Broth is the liquid or soup made from cooked meat. It is a prepared food placed in a vessel and distinguished from the solid meat with which it was made.
Biblical Usage
Gideon put the broth of a prepared kid into a pot and was told by the angel to pour it out. Isaiah associates broth in vessels with the rebellious and defiled practices of Israel.
Historical Background
The Hebrew term is equivalent to “soup.” The references show broth as an ordinary prepared food and as an image within a denunciation of religious rebellion.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>broth (maraq): Equivalent to our "soup." When Gideon (Jud 6:19) made ready a kid, "the flesh he put in a basket," but, it is added, "he put the broth in a pot"; and he is told by the angel to "pour out the broth" (Jud 6:20). Isaiah 65:4 makes Yahweh speak of rebellious Israel as "a people that provoke me to my face continually sacrificing in gardens," and adds in description "that eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels" (maraq, paraq).</p><p>See FOOD.</p>