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mill (stone)

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(grind). A mortar and pestle; or, two stones, upper and nether, the former turned by hand (Job 41:24²⁴His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. (Job 41:24); Isa. 47:1-2¹Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. ²Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. (Isaiah 47:1‑2); Matt. 24:41⁴¹Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. (Matthew 24:41)). Millstones not pawnable (Deut. 24:6⁶No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (Deuteronomy 24:6)).

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In the East these are usually small, every family having its own mill. A woman, or sometimes two sit at the mill, turning the upper stone, casting in the grain occasionally through a hole in it, Larger mills are also referred to, the stone being turned by an ass (Num. 11:8⁸And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. (Numbers 11:8); Matt. 18:6⁶But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. (Matthew 18:6); Mark 9:42⁴²And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. (Mark 9:42); Rev. 18:21-22²¹And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. ²²And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; (Revelation 18:21‑22)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

7347 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

recheh

Phonic:

ray-kheh’

Meaning:

from an unused root meaning to pulverize; a mill-stone

KJV Usage:

mill (stone)