Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4400 Vegetation and food » 4522 threshing
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
