Dictionary of Bible Themes  »  5000 Humanity  »  5200 Human civilisation  »  5530 sifting

The process of separating different substances, especially grain and chaff, normally by passing them through sieves. It is used as a symbol of judgment in which the good are separated from the evil.

Sifting as an act of separation

Judges 7:4

Sifting as a symbol of judgment

Isaiah 30:28 See also Amos 9:9; Luke 22:31

See also

4426  chaff
4456  grain
4550  winnowing
9210  judgment, God's