Topic
Pestle
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Psalms 91:6ISBE
Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
- Proverbs 27:22ISBE
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 2 references
pes'-'l (`eli): A rounded implement of wood or stone used for pounding, bruising, or powdering materials in a mortar. Used only in Pr 27:22. The assonance of CS:GreekIT+loimosIT-/CS and CS:GreekIT+limosIT-/CS in these passages (CS:GreekIT+loimosIT-/CS is omitted in the Revised Version (British and American) passage for Mt) occurs in several classical passages, e.g. Herodotus vii.171. The pestilence is said to walk in darkness (Ps 91:6) on account of its sudden onset out of obscurity not associated with any apparent cause.
See MORTAR.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.