Bible dictionaries

Bunch

What Bible dictionaries say about “Bunch”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Bunch - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(1.) A bundle of twigs (Ex. 12:22). (2.) Bunch or cake of raisins (2 Sam. 16:1). (3.) The "bunch of a camel" (Isa. 30:6).

Bunch - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

BUNCH, n.

1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; as the bunch on a camel's back.

2. A cluster; a number of the same kind growing together; as a bunch of grapes.

3. A number of things tied together; as a bunch of keys; a bunch or rods.

4. A collection of things; a knot; as a bunch of hair; a bunch of trees.

BUNCH, v.i. To swell out in a protuberance; to be protuberant or round.

BUNCH, v.t. To form or tie in a bunch or bunches.

BUNCH'-BACKED, a. [bunch and back.] Having a bunch on the back; crooked.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

The article in Easton + Webster 1828

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

bunsh: Is used of

(1) a "bunch of hyssop" (Ex 12:22, 'aghuddah);

(2) a "cluster of raisins" (2Sa 16:1 the King James Version; 1Ch 12:40 the King James Version tsimmuq = "something dried or shriveled");

(3) a "camel's hump" (Isa 30:6 the King James Version dabbesheth): of obscure etymology.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915