FLAGON - Meaning and Definition of the Word

FLAGON: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Pronunciation:		'flagun
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout; used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)

	See Also:	vessel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Flag"on\, n. [F. flacon, for flascon, fr. OF. flasche, from LL. flasco. See {Flask}.] A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. --Macaulay.

Easton Bible Dictionary

	Definition:	Heb. ashishah, (2 Sam. 6:19; 1 Chr. 16:3; Cant. 2:5; Hos. 3:1), meaning properly "a cake of pressed raisins." "Flagons of wine" of the Authorized Version should be, as in the Revised Version, "cakes of raisins" in all these passages. In Isa. 22:24 it is the rendering of the Hebrew _nebel_, which properly means a bottle or vessel of skin. (Comp. 1 Sam. 1:24; 10:3; 25:18; 2 Sam. 16:1, where the same Hebrew word is used.)