Winnow in Biblical History

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What is Winnow?
WIN'NOW
The process of winnowing among the Hebrews was much like that sometimes in use at the present day. The grain was taken upon a shovel and thrown up in the wind, and the lighter chaff and straw separated, sometimes by the help of a fan. Isa 30:24; Isa 41:15-16; Matt 3:12. It was common to winnow grain at evening, when, in Palestine, the sea-breeze usually blows. Ruth 3:2. See Fax, Thresh. WIN'TER lasts, in Palestine, from the beginning of December to the beginning of February, and is characterized by severe winds, frost, and snow-falls in the mountains, and by vehement winds, rain, and hail-storms in the lowland. Song 2:11. See Seasons.

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