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Grinding using a hand mill

Exodus 11:5; Matthew 24:41 pp Luke 17:35 See also Numbers 11:8; Judges 16:21 Samson doing a woman's work; Isaiah 47:2

Grinding grain into flour

Numbers 15:20 See also Numbers 15:21; 2 Chronicles 2:10; Nehemiah 10:37; Job 31:10; Isaiah 28:28; Ezekiel 44:30

Grinding incense

Exodus 30:36; Leviticus 16:12

Grinding as an act of destruction

Deuteronomy 9:21 See also 2 Kings 23:15

Grinding used figuratively

Isaiah 3:15 See also Proverbs 27:22

See also

4456  grain
4482  millstones
5282  crushing