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Threshing-Instrument

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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was a sledge for driving over the sheaves and separating the grain. These sledges, called among the Hebrews by the general term בִּרְקָנַי, badrkanim, rendered "briers" inJudges 8:7, 16, were of two kinds, corresponding respectively with two words, the first of which alone is rendered as above in the, A.V. (See THRESHING).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Threshing-Instrument'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​t/threshing-instrument.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.