Bible Dictionary
DRAUGHT
Draught means a private place for sitting apart, such as a closet, sink, or latrine. In Jesus’ teaching it refers to the place where food passes from the body.
Definition
A draught is a private place for sitting apart, such as a closet, sink, privy, or latrine. In the Gospel context it denotes the place into which food passes after being taken into the body.
Biblical Usage
Jesus uses the term in teaching about what enters a person from outside. Mark adds that by this saying He declared all foods clean.
Historical Background
The underlying word literally means a place for sitting apart. The supplied material compares it with a “draught-house” and with the Mishna’s term for a water-house or latrine.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>draft (aphedron; Mt 15:17; Mr 7:19): "Closet," "sink" or "privy" (Rheims), literally, "place for sitting apart" (compare 2Ki 10:27, "draught-house," and Mishna "water-house"). According to the Mishna, Jehu turned the temple of Baal in Samaria into public latrines, "waterhouses." Mark adds here (Mr 7:19) that by this saying Jesus cleansed all articles of food, i.e., declared them to be clean.</p>