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Paddle
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
PADDLE occurs only in Deuteronomy 23:13 , where it is used of a wooden tool for digging, a spade. In earlier English a small spade used for cleaning the plough-share was called a ‘paddle,’ which explains the choice of this word in the Geneva Bible, whence it reached AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] .
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Paddle'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/p/paddle.html. 1909.