Bible dictionaries
Morsel
What Bible dictionaries say about “Morsel”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Morsel - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
MOR'SEL, n. [from L. morsus, a bite, form mordeo.]
1. A bite; a mouthful; a small piece of food.
Every morsel to a satisfied hunger is only a new labor to a tired digestion.
2. A piece; a meal; something to be eaten.
On these herbs and fruits and flowers
Feed first, on each beast next and fish and fowl,
No homely morsels.
3. A small quantity of something not eatable. [Improper.]
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
mor'-sel (brosis): Found only in Heb 12:16 the King James Version, "For one morsel of meat (the Revised Version (British and American) "mess of meat") sold his birthright," literally, "for one eating," i.e. one meal. The Great Bible (Cranmer's) has "for one mease of meat."
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915