Bible Encyclopedia: Sledge

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Strong's Hebrew

4173. morag -- a threshing sled
... Word Origin of foreign origin Definition a threshing sled NASB Word Usage threshing
sledge (1), threshing sledges (2). threshing instrument. ...
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2757. charits -- a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument
... Or charits {khaw-reets'}; from charats; properly, incisure or (passively) incised
(compare charuwts); hence, a threshing-sledge (with sharp teeth): also a ...
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3597. kelappoth -- an axe
... hammer. From an unused root meaning to clap or strike with noise; a club or
sledge-hammer -- hammer. 3596, 3597. kelappoth. 3598 . Strong's Numbers.
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2742. charuwts -- sharp, diligent
... of charats; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or
feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-sledge (having sharp ...
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2742a. charuts -- sharp, diligent
... Word Origin pass. part. of charats Definition sharp, diligent NASB Word Usage diligence
(1), diligent (4), sharp (2), threshing sledge (2). 2742, 2742a. ...
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Library

The Power that Never Fails.
... quarries. They pick little grooves for the iron wedges, and then with great
sledge-hammers drive these wedges into the hard rock. ...
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The Close of the Theban Empire --(Continued)
... was made in the form of a boat"representing the bark of Osiris, with his ark, and
two guardians, Isis and Nephthys"and was placed upon a sledge, which was ...
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Scenes in the Lives of the Patriarchs.
... other. A mother, with three children, was once riding in a sledge in a desolate
region, when a pack of wolves came running after her. ...
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The Narwhal
... Over the boundless deserts of snow they are borne rapidly along by their faithful
dogs, which are harnessed to a sledge, six or seven to the team, and which ...
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The Indwelling and Outgoing Works of God.
... his plans, the general studying his opportunities, the sturdy sailor nimbly climbing
the mast of his ship, or yonder blacksmith raising the sledge to strike ...
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If You Give a Grape to Him when Hungry...
... What, if you go on to ask what a wheel is, or a sledge, [3555] a winnowing-fan,
jar, tub, an oil-mill, ploughshare, or sieve, a mill-stone, ploughtail, or ...
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'Lying Vanities'
... Browning tells a hideous story of a mother flinging, one after another, her infants
to the wolves as she urged her sledge over the snowy plain. ...
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Phrases for Talkers
... and zest Gracious solicitude Punctiliously civil and polite An air of sphinx-like
mystery Consumed by zeal Awaited with lively interest Sledge-hammer blows ...
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A Willing People and an Immutable Leader
... His hearers too will discern it. Some of them will feel as if they were
sitting under a sledge hammer, beating on their hearts. ...
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Two Forms of one Saying
... and reluctances; when we are able to go to our tasks of whatever sort they are and
to do them, though our hearts are beating like sledge-hammers; when we say ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.

2. (n.) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.

3. (n.) A sleigh.

4. (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.

5. (v. i. & t.) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.

6. (n.) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.

Thesaurus

Sledge (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours. 5. (vi & t.)
To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges. ...Sledge (3 Occurrences). ...
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Threshing-sledge (2 Occurrences)
Threshing-sledge. Threshing-place, Threshing-sledge. Threshing-sledges .
Multi-Version Concordance Threshing-sledge (2 Occurrences). ...
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Threshingfloor (18 Occurrences)
... A booth is constructed for shade; the mother prepares the meals and takes her
turn with the father and children at riding on the sledge. ...
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Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)
... A booth is constructed for shade; the mother prepares the meals and takes her
turn with the father and children at riding on the sledge. ...
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Slays (7 Occurrences)

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Harrow (3 Occurrences)
... (Hebrews harits), a tribulum or sharp threshing sledge; a frame armed on the under
side with rollers or sharp spikes (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3). ...
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Undersides (1 Occurrence)
... Undersides (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds,
leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. (WEB NIV). ...
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Jagged (1 Occurrence)
... Jagged (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving
a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. (See NIV). ...
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Threshing-place (1 Occurrence)
Threshing-place. Threshingplace, Threshing-place. Threshing-sledge .
Multi-Version Concordance ... (WBS). Threshingplace, Threshing-place. Threshing-sledge > ...
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Tribulation (43 Occurrences)
... distress," "tribulation"; Septuagint for tsar and tsarah; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin
Bible, 390-405 AD) tribulatio pressura (from tribulum, "a threshing sledge"). ...
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Bible Concordance

Sledge (3 Occurrences)

Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.
(WEB JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 28:27 For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 41:15 Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Sledge

Related Terms

Threshing-sledge (2 Occurrences)

Threshingfloor (18 Occurrences)

Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)

Slays (7 Occurrences)

Harrow (3 Occurrences)

Undersides (1 Occurrence)

Jagged (1 Occurrence)

Threshing-place (1 Occurrence)

Tribulation (43 Occurrences)