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Sod
CategoryArchaic Word
Modern Equivalentboiled.
KJV Word TypeVerb / past tense
DefinitionBoiled; cooked by boiling.
Key Verses"And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint." (Genesis 25:29)
KJV Usage Note“Sod” is an older past tense of “seethe,” meaning to boil.
Common MisunderstandingIt does not mean turf or grass in this context; it means boiled.
EtymologyFrom Old English sēoþan, “to boil.”