Spindle
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Spindle (2 Occurrences)

2 Samuel 3:29 Let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread." (See RSV)

Proverbs 31:19 She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Thesaurus
Spindle (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle
of a vane. ... 7. (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. ...
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Spinning
... was unwound as needed, the fibers more carefully adjusted with the thumbs and two
first fingers of both hands, and then the rope twisted by means of a spindle. ...
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Spin (4 Occurrences)
... with great exactness. 8. (vi) To move round rapidly; to whirl; to revolve,
as a top or a spindle, about its axis. 9. (vi) To stream ...
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Turn (963 Occurrences)
... repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions;
to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn ...
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Driver (4 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) An attachment to a lathe, spindle, or face plate to turn a carrier. 7.
(n.) A crossbar on a grinding mill spindle to drive the upper stone. ...
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Distaff (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. DISTAFF. dis'-taf (pelekh): This word occurs
once in Proverbs 31:19; "spindle" is found in the same passage. ...
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Dead (580 Occurrences)
... monk is civilly dead. 15. (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead
spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. 16. (adv.) To a ...
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Weights (14 Occurrences)
... The largest, of the spindle or barrel type, weighs 1,350 grains, or 87.46 grams,
evidently intended for a 6-shekel weight, and the smaller ones of the same ...
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Measures (50 Occurrences)
... The largest, of the spindle or barrel type, weighs 1,350 grains, or 87.46 grams,
evidently intended for a 6-shekel weight, and the smaller ones of the same ...
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Lays (30 Occurrences)
... place on high. (See RSV). Proverbs 31:19 She lays her hands to the distaff,
and her hands hold the spindle. (WEB). Ecclesiastes 10 ...
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
SPINDLE

spin'-d'-l.

See SPINNING.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom.

2. (n.) A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane.

3. (n.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc.

4. (n.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns.

5. (n.) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed.

6. (n.) The fuse of a watch.

7. (n.) A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.

8. (n.) A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.

9. (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.

10. (n.) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb.

11. (n.) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus.

12. (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender.

Strong's Hebrew
6418. pelek -- whorl of a spindle, a district
... << 6417, 6418. pelek. 6419 >>. whorl of a spindle, a district. Transliteration:
pelek Phonetic Spelling: (peh'-lek) Short Definition: district. ...
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3601. kishor -- a distaff
... spindle. From kasher; literally, a director, ie The spindle or shank of a distaff
(pelek), by which it is twirled -- spindle. see HEBREW kasher. see HEBREW pelek ...
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