Dict: easton - Barley

Barley @ a grain much cultivated in Egypt kjv@Exodus:9:31) and in Palestine kjv@Leviticus:27:16; kjv@Deuteronomy:8:8). It was usually the food of horses (kjvKings:4:28). Barley bread was used by the poorer people kjv@Judges:7:13; kjv@2Kings:4:42). Barley of the first crop was ready for the harvest by the time of the Passover, in the middle of April kjv@Ruth:1:22; kjv@2Samuel:21:9). Mention is made of barley-meal kjv@Numbers:5:15). Our Lord fed five thousand with "five barley loaves and two small fishes" kjv@John:6:9).