Bible Dictionary
COLLOP
A collop is a thick slice or fold of flesh, especially fat gathered around the body. The term occurs in Job’s description of the prosperous wicked man.
Definition
A collop is a thick slice or fold of flesh, especially a fold of fat gathered around the body.
Biblical Usage
Job uses the term in describing the prosperous wicked man as making thick folds of fat upon his flanks or gathering fat upon his loins.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kol'-up (pimah): A slice of meat or "fat," the King James Version in Job 15:27, "maketh collops of fat (thick folds of flesh) on his flanks," said of the "wicked man." the American Standard Revised Version reads "(hath) gathered fat upon his loins."</p>