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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

SHUTTLE

shut'-'l.

See WEAVING.

Strong's Hebrew

708. ereg -- a loom
... loom. Word Origin from arag Definition a loom NASB Word Usage loom (1),
weaver's shuttle (1). beam, weaver's shuttle. From 'arag; a ...
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Library

"What is Your Life?"
... A flower. A handbreath. A weaver's shuttle. ... It is a handbreadth; a weaver's shuttle;
nothing; an eagle hasting to the prey; a swift post; a swift ship. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/what is your life.htm

A Look Ahead
... That is the picture of a weaver's loom, with the warp threads running lengthwise,
the shuttle threads running crosswise, and the cross beam (or batten) driving ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/1 a look ahead.htm

Ephesians iv. 17
... Again the women, when the reeds strike against the standards, and ring, or when
they themselves are scratched by the shuttle, turn this also into a sign. ...
/.../homily xii ephesians iv 17.htm

Biographical Preface.
... The ploughman at his daily toil"the workman who plies the shuttle"the merchant in
his counting-house"the scholar in his study"the lawyer in the courts ...
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How to Make Use of Christ as the Truth, that we May Get Our Case ...
... parts;" and as Job, chap. vii.6, "My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle,
and are spent without hope;" and chap. xix.10, "He hath ...
/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xvii how to make.htm

Life at Herrnhut.
... As the grocer stood behind his counter, or the weaver plied his flying shuttle,
he was toiling, not for himself alone, but for all his Brethren and Sisters. ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv life at herrnhut.htm

In the Desert
... Anubis was omnipresent and particularly ungovernable. If his young master
were in motion he vibrated and oscillated like a shuttle. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xix in the desert.htm

The Bed and Its Covering
... upon their own backs. For the horse and for the sheep no loom works, nor
cloth the shuttle hasten in its course. Their backs are ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the bed and its covering.htm

The Anvil of Experience.
... your life. The swift drive of the double-pointed shuttle, the hard push
of the loom back and forth goes through you. Experience ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the anvil of experience.htm

What Lasts
... effete. What would the hand-loom weaver's knowledge of how to throw his
shuttle be worth in a weaving-shed with a thousand looms? ...
/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/what lasts.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.

2. (n.) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

3. (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.

4. (v. i.) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.

Thesaurus

Shuttle (1 Occurrence)
... 3. (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. 4. (vi) To move backwards
and forwards, like a shuttle. Int. ...SHUTTLE. shut'-'l. See WEAVING. ...
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Weaving (4 Occurrences)
... No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "shuttle" (Job
7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judges 16:14), "the web" (13, 14), and "the beam ...
/w/weaving.htm - 17k

Shed (73 Occurrences)
... 7. (vt) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. 8. (vt) To divide, as the warp
threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle. ...
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Shoot (51 Occurrences)
... 20. (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot
of a shuttle. ... (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick. ...
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Shutting (43 Occurrences)

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Woof (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling;
the thread usually carried by the shuttle in weaving. ...
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Warp (9 Occurrences)
... worp (shethi (Leviticus 13:48-59)): The long threads fixed into the loom to form
the basis of the web, and into which the woof is wrought from the shuttle. ...
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Weavers (4 Occurrences)
... No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "shuttle" (Job
7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judges 16:14), "the web" (13, 14), and "the beam ...
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Weaver's (5 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Job 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's
shuttle, and are spent without hope. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Fly (33 Occurrences)
... 23. (n.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. 24. (vi) Formerly,
the person who took the printed sheets from the press. 25. ...
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Bible Concordance

Shuttle (1 Occurrence)

Job 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Shuttle

Shuttle: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Weaving (4 Occurrences)

Shed (73 Occurrences)

Shoot (51 Occurrences)

Shutting (43 Occurrences)

Woof (9 Occurrences)