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Winnow

See FAN, and THRESHING.

Easton's Bible Dictionary
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; Isaiah 30:24; Jeremiah 4:11, 12; Matthew 3:12).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(v. i.) To separate chaff from grain.
Greek
1287. diaskorpizo -- generally to separate, spec. to winnow, fig. ...
... diaskorpizo. 1288 . generally to separate, spec. to winnow, fig. ... Word Origin from
dia and skorpizo Definition generally to separate, spec. to winnow, fig. ...
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3039. likmao -- to winnow, to scatter
... to winnow, to scatter. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: likmao Phonetic Spelling:
(lik-mah'-o) Short Definition: I crush to powder Definition: I crush to ...
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4617. siniazo -- to sift
... Speech: Verb Transliteration: siniazo Phonetic Spelling: (sin-ee-ad'-zo) Short
Definition: I sift, prove by trials Definition: I sift, prove by trials, winnow. ...
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1245. diakatharizo -- to cleanse thoroughly
... thoroughly purge. From dia and katharizo; to cleanse perfectly, ie (specially)
winnow -- thoroughly purge. see GREEK dia. see GREEK katharizo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2219. zarah -- to scatter, fan, winnow
... 2218, 2219. zarah. 2220 . to scatter, fan, winnow. Transliteration: zarah Phonetic
Spelling: (zaw-raw') Short Definition: scatter. Word Origin a prim. ...
/hebrew/2219.htm - 6k
Library

Psalm XLIV.
... Nay indeed, it is still to be hoped for. "Through Thee will we winnow away [1330]
our enemies" (ver.5). Our fathers then have declared to us a work that Thou ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xliv.htm

"Art Thou He?"
... them, and they saw.". "Is that all? Has He not used the fan to winnow the
wheat, and the fire to burn up the chaff? This is what I ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xi art thou he.htm

The Manifestation of the Messiah
... conceived of the coming King, as we have seen, as the Woodman, laying his axe at
the root of the trees; as the Husbandman, fan in hand to winnow the threshing ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/vii the manifestation of the.htm

The Prophet --His Youth and his Call.
... her? Wind off the glow of the bare desert heights, Direct on my people,
Neither to winnow nor to sift, In full blast it meets me. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/lecture iii the prophethis youth.htm

The Holy Spirit and the one Church
... On the other hand, he would not so winnow his wheat as to drive away any of the
good grain, and so make the quantity less than it need to be. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/the holy spirit and the.htm

The vision
... a destroying wind; and I will send out upon Babel winnowers, and they shall winnow
her, and shall make empty her land." And likewise, c. xviii. v.17. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the vision .htm

That Christ is the Hand and Arm of God.
... back upon themselves;" [3952] and thou shalt thrash the mountains, and shalt beat
the hills small, and shalt make them as chaff, and shall winnow them; and the ...
/.../cyprian/three books of testimonies against the jews/4 that christ is the.htm

Oracles on the Scythians. (With Some Others: iv. 5-vi. 29. )
... A wind off the blaze of the bare desert heights, Straight on the Daughter of my
people, Neither to winnow nor to sift, In full blast it meets me. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/jeremiah/2 oracles on the scythians.htm

John's Doubts of Jesus, and Jesus' Praise of John
... Where is the axe that was to be laid at the root of the trees, or the fan that was
to winnow out the chaff? Where is the fiery spirit which he had foretold? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/johns doubts of jesus and.htm

A Caution to the Presumptuous
... The fanning must begin with the floor; the winnowing must try the wheat. So we are
to winnow the church this morning to discover the presumptuous. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/a caution to the presumptuous.htm

Thesaurus
Winnow (5 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Winnow (5 Occurrences). ... Isaiah 41:16 You will winnow them,
and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. ...
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Fan (8 Occurrences)
... put in motion. 12. (n.) To winnow; to separate chaff from, and drive it
away by a current of air; as, to fan wheat. 13. (n.) To ...
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Cleanse (75 Occurrences)
... not to winnow, nor to cleanse" (barar, Jeremiah 4:11); "Straightway his leprosy
was cleansed" (katharizo, Matthew 8:3). 2. Ceremonial: In the ceremonial sense ...
/c/cleanse.htm - 36k

Winning (3 Occurrences)

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Winnowers (1 Occurrence)
... Jeremiah 51:2 I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall
empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around ...
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Winnowed (5 Occurrences)

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Willow (1 Occurrence)
... similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical
cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting ...
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Wind (180 Occurrences)
... 18. (n.) Mere breath or talk; empty effort; idle words. 19. (n.) The dotterel.
20. (vt) To expose to the wind; to winnow; to ventilate. 21. ...
/w/wind.htm - 45k

Fanner
... called. In Isaiah 41:16 Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 15:7, the verb zarah is rendered
"winnow" in the American Standard Revised Version. In ...
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Try (84 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to
pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the ...
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Resources
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Concordance
Winnow (5 Occurrences)

Matthew 25:24
"But, next, the man who had the one talent in his keeping came and said, "'Sir, I knew you to be a severe man, reaping where you had not sown and garnering what you had not winnowed.
(Root in WEY RSV)

Isaiah 41:16
You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, and the whirlwind will scatter them. You will rejoice in Yahweh. You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:11
At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow, nor to cleanse;
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 15:7
I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they didn't return from their ways.
(Root in WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:2
I will send to Babylon strangers, who shall winnow her; and they shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her around.
(WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

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Winnow

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