a word employed in the Authorized Version to render two distinct Hebrew terms:

1. Ashishah , ( 2 Samuel 6:19 ; 1 Chronicles 16:3 ; Solomon 2:5 ; Hosea 3:1 ) It really means a cake of pressed raisins. Such cakes were considered as delicacies; they were also offered to idols.
2. Nebel , ( Isaiah 22:24 ) is commonly used for a bottle or vessel, originally probably a skin, but in later times a piece of pottery. ( Isaiah 30:14 )