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Fan

A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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  • Historical Reference: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H2219, H4214, G4425, H4215
Hebrew
זָרָה · zârâh
Greek
πτύον · ptýon

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

זָרָה

H2219
Transliteration
zârâh
Pronunciation
zaw-raw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
39

Glosses

cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

Lexicon definition

to toss about

by implication, to diffuse, winnow

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מִזְרֶה

H4214
Transliteration
mizreh
Pronunciation
miz-reh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
2

Glosses

fan.

Lexicon definition

a winnowing shovel (as scattering the chaff)

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

זָרָה

H2219
Transliteration
zârâh
Pronunciation
zaw-raw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
39

Glosses

scatter, fan, winnow, cause to fly, cast away, compass, disperse, fan, scatter (away), spread, strew, winnow.

Lexicon definition

to toss about

by implication, to diffuse, winnow

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

זָרָה

H4215
Transliteration
mᵉzâreh
Pronunciation
mez-aw-reh'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

scatter, fan, winnow, cause to fly, north.

Lexicon definition

properly, a scatterer, i.e. the north wind (as dispersing clouds

only in plural)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Fan

A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff (Isa. 30:24; Jer. 15:7; Matt. 3:12). (See [205]AGRICULTURE.)

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Fan

Indexed occurrences: 1

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Strong's Concordance

Fans

Indexed occurrences: 1

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