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Pitchfork

מִזְרֶהStrong’s H4214

mizreh (miz-reh)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Mizreh is the Hebrew word usually translated “pitchfork” and “winnowing scoop”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.”
Isaiah 30:24 KJV
Meaning
  1. Pitchfork
How it's translated
  • and with the pitchfork 1
  • with a winnowing scoop 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1
  • Jeremiah 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מִזְרֶה mizreh · pitchfork

pitchfork

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “pitchfork” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PITCH'FORK, noun

A fork or farming utensil used in throwing hay or sheaves of grain, in loading or unloading carts and wagons.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.