Cockle: Occurs only in
(Job 31:40) (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the
rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having
a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant
odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the
"tares" or darnel of
(Matthew 13:30). In
(Isaiah 5:2,4) the plural form is
rendered "wild grapes."
