H7021 — קִיקָיוֹן

BDB7432

קִיקָיוֺן noun masculine ^{Jonah 4:6} a plant (compare Assyrian Kukkânîtum (כ) a garden-plant, Dl^{HWB 327} ); — usually ricinus (R. communis, Linn. = castor-oil tree; compare Dioscor^{iv. 164} κίκι (Egypt) = κρότων [castor-oil tree]; Talmud שֶׁמֶן קִיק see especially Löw^{p. 353 f.}); perhaps < bottle-gourd ( ᵐ5 κολόκυνθα; i.e. cucurbita lagenaria, a vine growing and withering rapidly, Post in Hastings^{DB ii. 250}); — Jonah 4:6 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:7; Jonah 4:9; Jonah 4:10.

קִיקָלוֺן see קלל .