Bible Dictionary
Dredge
Dredge refers to mixed grain, especially a mixture of oats and barley. It was used as provender or feed for animals.
Definition
Dredge means mixed grain, especially a mixture of oats and barley. The word is used for grain prepared as provender or animal feed rather than as finely ground flour.
Biblical Usage
The term occurs in the margin or translation of Job 24:6, where the mixed grain is associated with provender.
Historical Background
The Hebrew word means mixed grain and may refer to grain that was not ground but boiled in water. The supplied material also compares its use with references to fodder and grain.
Scripture References
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Job 24:6). See CORN.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>drej: A mixture of oats and barley (Job 24:6 the King James Version margin; the King James Version "corn"; the Revised Version (British and American) "provender"). The Hebrew word is belil, usually "mixed grain," ZDMG, XLVIII, 236: grain not ground and boiled in water. Compare Job 6:5; Isa 30:24.</p>