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cucumber

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(cumberer). Much used for food in the East (Num. 11:5⁵We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: (Numbers 11:5); lsa. 1:8).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Probably the watermelon, common in Egypt and highly valued in that hot country: the Israelites longed for them (Num. 11:5⁵We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: (Numbers 11:5); Isa. 1:8⁸And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. (Isaiah 1:8)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7180 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

qishshu’

Phonic:

kish-shoo’

Meaning:

from an unused root (meaning to be hard); a cucumber (from the difficulty of digestion)

KJV Usage:

cucumber