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Threshing

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H771

אׇרְנָן

or.nan — Ornan

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.24.16; also called Araunah at 2Sa.24.16,18,20,21,22,23,24; Also named: a.rav.nah (אֲרַוְנָה "Araunah" H0728) § Ornan = "light was perpetuated: their fir trees" a Jebusite who sold, to David, a threshing floor for an altar

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H329

אָטָד

a.tad — Atad

Atad, a threshing floor afterwards called Bethhogla was located on the west of Jordan between the Jordan and Jericho Also named: a.vel mits.ra.yim (אָבֵל מִצְרַיִם "Abel-mizraim" H0067)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2982

יְבוּס

ye.vus — Jebus

Jebus = "threshing place" an early name for Jerusalem, the city of the Jebusites; also 'Jebusi' Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

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GREEK · G257

ἅλων

halōn — threshing-floor

ἅλων, -ωνος (for Attic ἅλως, -ω, see MM, VGT, see word), ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for גֹּרֶן ;] a threshing floor: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17 (here prob. by meton. = the grain on the threshing floor).† (AS)

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GREEK · G1474

ἐδαφίζω

edaphizō — to raze

ἐδαφίζω (ἔδαφος) [in LXX chiefly for רטשׁ pu. ;] 1. to beat level like a threshing floor (Theophr.). 2. to dash to the ground (Field, Notes, 74): Luk.19:44 (cf. Psa.136(137):9, Hos.14:1). † (AS)

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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5225

נָכוֹן

na.khon — Nacon

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.6; son of: Serug (H8286); father of: Terah (H8646); also called Chidon (NIV: Kidon) at 1Ch.13.9; Also named: ki.don (כִּידֹן "Chidon" H3592) § Nachon = "prepared" the owner of the threshing floor which the ark was passing on the trip to Jerusalem when it started to fall off the cart, Uzzah steadied it, and God smote him dead for touching it

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Historical dictionary entry

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Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.

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