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Distaff

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(פֶּלֶךְ, prop. a circle, e.g. a district or quarter of a city, "part," Nehemiah 3:9-18; hence the whirl of a spindle, with which, it is put in parallelism, Proverbs 31:19; once a "staff," or crutch, 2 Samuel 3:29), the instrument used for twisting the thread in spinning by its twirl. (See SPINDLE).

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Distaff'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​d/distaff.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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