HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3601
כִּישׁוֹר
ki.shor — distaff
spindle-whorl, distaff
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Distaff
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
Historical dictionary entry
(Heb. pelek, a “circle”), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.