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( ãְּáֵìָä , debelah'), a round mass of any substance pressed together, specially of dried figs (2Ki_20:7; Isa_38:21; "cake," 1Sa_25:18; 1Sa_30:12; 1Ch_12:40). The Greeks adopted the Heb. term in a softened form, ðáëÜèç , which the Sept. uses. This was the usual shape in which figs were preserved for sale or use among the ancients, and is still found in the modern package called a "drum of figs." (See Celsii Hierobot. 2:377-379; J.E. Faber on Harmar's Obs. 1:389 sq.) SEE FIG.
The term rendered "lump" in the New Test. is öýñáìá , a kneaded mass, e.g. of potter's clay prepared for molding (Rom_9:21), or of dough (proverbially, 1Co_5:6; Gal_5:9; tropically, Rom_11:16; 1Co_5:7). SEE POTTERY.