4522 threshing
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The process of beating out or separating grain from harvested stalks.

Threshing and the harvest

Leviticus 26:5 See also Judges 6:11; 1 Chronicles 21:20; 1 Corinthians 9:9; Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Timothy 5:18 Paul is adapting a humane OT law to the support of Christian workers.

Threshing implements

2 Samuel 24:22 pp 1 Chronicles 21:23 A threshing-sledge was a board studded underneath with sharp stones which was dragged by oxen over the wheat ears in order to separate the kernels. See also Job 41:30; Isaiah 28:27-28; Isaiah 41:15

Threshing used figuratively

Isaiah 27:12; Hosea 10:11 See also 2 Kings 13:7; Proverbs 20:26; Jeremiah 50:11; Micah 4:13

See also

4426  chaff
4456  grain
4464  harvest
4510  sowing & reaping
4524  threshing-floor
4550  winnowing
5530  sifting
5621  wheel



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