James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: White Of An Egg

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James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: White Of An Egg


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WHITE OF AN EGG (EV [Note: English Version.] Job_6:6, RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘juice of purslain’).—The allusion should perhaps be understood to be the juice of some insipid plant, probably Portulaca oleracea, L., the common purslane. ‘White of an egg’ (lit., on this view, ‘slime of the yoke’) is still, however, accepted by many interpreters.