Topic
Fork
1 passage cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Samuel 13:21ISBE · Nave An agricultural implement
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
fork (shelosh qilleshon):
This compound word, meaning strictly "three points" or "three prongs," is found only once (1Sa 13:21), and doubtless there refers to the agricultural tool now known as the pitchfork. It might, however, also be a weapon.
In the topical indexes
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.