Topic
Threshing
42 passages cited, from 5 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 28:27ISBE · Nave · Torrey With instruments — With a cart wheel
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
- Amos 1:3ISBE · Nave · Torrey With instruments — Of iron
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron:
- Genesis 50:10Nave · Torrey Floors for
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
- Leviticus 26:5ISBE · Torrey Continued until the vintage in years of abundance
And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
- Deuteronomy 25:4Nave · Torrey By treading
¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
- Judges 6:11ISBE · Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment
¶ And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:37Nave · Torrey Floors for
Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
- 1 Samuel 23:1Nave · Torrey Floors for
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors.
- 2 Samuel 24:22Nave · Torrey With instruments — Of wood
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
- 2 Kings 6:27Nave · Torrey Floor for, in barns
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
- 2 Kings 13:7ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Dust made by,) of complete destruction
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
- Isaiah 21:10ISBE · Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Called the floor
O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.
Show 30 more
- Isaiah 28:28 Nave · Torrey With instruments — With a cart wheel
- Isaiah 41:15 ISBE · Torrey WAS PERFORMED — By instruments with teeth
- Jeremiah 51:33 ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the judgments of God
- Hosea 9:2 Nave · Torrey Floors for
- Hosea 10:11 Nave · Torrey By treading
- Joel 2:24 Nave · Torrey Floors for
- Micah 4:12 ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — (Gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the Church for judgments
- Micah 4:13 ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the church in her conquests
- Habakkuk 3:12 ISBE · Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the judgments of God
- 1 Corinthians 9:9 Nave · Torrey By treading
- 1 Timothy 5:18 Nave · Torrey By treading
- Genesis 50:11 Nave Floors for
- Numbers 18:27 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Called the threshing floor
- Ruth 2:17 Nave By beating
- Ruth 3:2–14 Nave Floors for
- Ruth 3:2 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Used for winnowing the corn
- Ruth 3:7 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — The Jews slept on, during the time of
- 2 Samuel 6:6 Nave Floors for
- 2 Samuel 24:16–25 Nave Floor of Araunah purchased by David for a place of sacrifice
- 2 Samuel 24:18 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Called the threshing floor
- 1 Chronicles 21:18 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Generally on high ground
- 1 Chronicles 21:20 Torrey The removing or separating corn, &c form the straw
- 2 Chronicles 3:1 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Generally on high ground
- Isaiah 25:10 Nave By treading
- Isaiah 30:24 Torrey Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan
- Isaiah 41:16 Torrey Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan
- Daniel 2:35 ISBE
- Hosea 9:1 Torrey THE PLACE FOR — Called the corn-floor
- Matthew 3:12 Torrey Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan
- 1 Corinthians 9:10 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE — Of the labours of ministers
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 0 references
See AGRICULTURE.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 13 references
thresh'-ing (dush; aloao): Dush means literally, "to trample out." In Jer 51:33, darakh, is used of threshing. Fitches and cummin were beaten off with a rod. The distinction between beating and threshing is made in Isa 28:27. Gideon, in order to avoid being seen by the Midianites, beat out his wheat in a wine press instead of threshing it on the threshing-floor (Jud 6:11). For a general description of the threshing operations see AGRICULTURE.
Figurative: "Thou shalt thresh the mountains," i.e. thou wilt overcome great difficulties (Isa 41:15). Babylon's destruction was foretold poetically in the language of the threshing-floor (Isa 21:10; Jer 51:33; Da 2:35); Zion's foes would be gathered as sheaves on the threshing-floor (Mic 4:12,13; compare 2Ki 13:7; Am 1:3; Hab 3:12); threshing unto the vintage, i.e. throughout the summer, indicated an extra abundant yield (Le 26:5).
James A. Patch
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 20 references, grouped by sub-topic
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 43 references, grouped by sub-topic
- The removing or separating corn, &c form the straw 1Ch 21:20
- WAS PERFORMED
- Cattle employed in, not to be muzzled De 25:4; 1Co 9:9; 1Ti 5:18
- Continued until the vintage in years of abundance Le 26:5
- THE PLACE FOR
- Called the floor Jud 6:37; Isa 21:10
- Called the threshing floor Nu 18:27; 2Sa 24:18
- Called the barn-floor 2Ki 6:27
- Called the corn-floor Ho 9:1
- Was large and roomy Ge 50:10
- Generally on high ground 1Ch 21:18; 2Ch 3:1
- Sometimes beside the wine-press for concealment Jud 6:11
- Used for winnowing the corn Ru 3:2
- Often robbed 1Sa 23:1
- The Jews slept on, during the time of Ru 3:7
- Fulness of, promised as a blessing Joe 2:24
- Scarcity in, a punishment Ho 9:2
- Followed by a winnowing with a shovel or fan Isa 30:24; 41:16; Mt 3:12
- ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the judgments of God Isa 21:10; Jer 51:33; Hab 3:12
- Of the labours of ministers 1Co 9:9,10
- Of the church in her conquests Isa 41:15,16; Mic 4:13
- (Gathering the sheaves for,) of preparing the enemies of the Church for judgments Mic 4:12
- (Dust made by,) of complete destruction 2Ki 13:7; Isa 41:15
- (An instrument for, with teeth,) of the Church overcoming opposition Isa 41:15
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.