BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2219
za.rah — to scatter
1) to scatter, fan, cast away, winnow, disperse, compass, spread, be scattered, be dispersed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to scatter 1a2) to fan, winnow 1b) (Niphal) to be scattered, be dispersed 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to scatter, disperse (intensive of Qal) 1c2) to winnow, sift 1d) (Pual) to be scattered, be spread out
25 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1287
diaskorpizō — to scatter
δια-σκορπίζω [in LXX for פּוּץ, זָרָה, etc. ;] to scatter abroad, disperse: of sheep, Mat.26:31 = Mrk.14:27" (LXX) ; of persons, Luk.1:51, Act.5:37, opposite to συνάγω, Jhn.11:52; of winnowing grain, Mat.25:24, 26; metaphorically, of property, to squander, waste: Luk.15:13 16:1.† (AS)
9 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G53
hagnos — pure
ἁγνός, -ή, -όν (ἅγος, see: ἅγιος), [in LXX chiefly for טָהוֹר (Pss, and Pr. only), also 2Ma.13:8, 4Ma.18:7, al. ;] 1. free from ceremonial defilement, in a condition prepared for worship (for exx. of pagan usage, V. MM, VGT, see word). 2. holy, sacred, venerable (II Mac, l.with). 3. As in OT (cl.), pure, chaste, undefiled, guiltless; (a) of persons: 2Co.7:11 11:12, 1Ti.5:22, Tit.2:5, 1Jn.3:3; (b) of things: Php.4:8, Jas.3:17, 1Pe.3:2. † SYN.: εἰλικρινής (which see), pure, primarily as winnowed, purged, first found in ethical sense in NT (sincere). On the equivalence of ἁ. and καθαρός (which see), see DCG, ii, 459a though Westc. (Epp. Jo., 101) notes a distinction between them. (AS)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G3039
likmaō — to crush
λικμάω, -ῶ (λικμός = λίκνον, a winnowing-fan), [in LXX chiefly for זָרָה ni., pi., Rut.3:2 3Ki.14:15, Isa.17:13, Jer.31:10, Dan.2:44, al. ;] 1. in cl., to winnow (so Ru, l.with). 2. In LXX (ll with, exc. Ru), to scatter (as chaff or dust): Luk.20:18 (RV, scatter as dust, Deiss., BS, 225 f., quotes ex. in π. which suggests the meaning ruin, destroy; cf. Vg. comminuet, AV, grind to powder; cf. also Kennedy, Sources, 126), Mat.21:44 [WH], R, txt.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4425
ptuon — winnowing fork
πτύον, -ου, τό [in Sm.: Isa.30:24 * ;] a winnowing shovel or fan: Mat.3:12, Luk.3:17.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5299
na.phah — sieve
sieve, winnowing implement
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4617
siniazō — to sift
σινιάω (σίνιον, a sieve), = σήθω, to sift, winnow: figuratively, Luk.22:31.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7371
ra.chat — shovel
winnowing shovel
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20310
eklikmaō — to sift
winnow, sift, empty
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8183
leptunō — to make fine
to make small or fine: to thresh out, winnow , [variant datesAnthology Palantina:—;Pass. to be reduced, grow lean , (Aristotle Philosopher); τοὺς ὤμους λεπτύνεσθαι (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8194
likmētōr — a winnower
a winnower
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8195
likmos — a winnowing shovel
a winnowing shovel
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Corn was winnowed, (1.) By being thrown up by a shovel against the wind. As a rule this was done in the evening or during the night, when the west wind from the sea was blowing, which was a moderate breeze and fitted for the purpose. The north wind was too strong, and the east wind came in gusts. (2.) By the use of a fan or van, by which the chaff was blown away (Ruth 3:2; Isa. 30:24; Jer. 4:11, 12; Matt. 3:12).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
