for eating from (
2 Kings 21:13 ). Judas dipped his hand with a "sop" or piece of bread in the same dish with our Lord, thereby indicating friendly intimacy (
Matthew 26:23 ). The "lordly dish" in
Judges 5:25 was probably the shallow drinking cup, usually of brass. In
Judges 6:38 the same Hebrew word is rendered "bowl."
The dishes of the tabernacle were made of pure gold ( Exodus 25:29 ; 37:16 ).
These dictionary topics are from
M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.