Strong's Number G2769

κεράτιον

keration · ker-at'-ee-on

Transliteration:

keration{ker-at'-ee-on}

Word Origin:

from a presumed derivative of 2768

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

something horned, i.e. (specially) the pod of the carob-tree

Usage in the KJV:

husk 1

Total: 1
Occurs 1 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

a little horn
the name of the fruit, Ceratonia silqua or carobtree (called also John's Bread [from the notion that its pods, which resemble those of the "locust", constituted the food of the Baptist]. This fruit was shaped like a horn and has a sweet taste; it was and is used not only for fattening swine, but as an article of food by the lower classes.