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Winnowing
WINNOWING (זָרָה, H2430, διασκορπίζω, G1399, scatter, fan, winnow) is the process of blowing the chaff from grain by wind or a forced current of air. This was done in the open on a flat surface of rock or ground, about forty or fifty ft. in diameter, preferably on the top of a hill. The winnowing was done after the threshing was completed. The threshed grain was usually winnowed in the evening, when there was likely to be a wind. It was thrown into the air by means of a six-pronged fork, called in KJV a fan (
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
win’-o-ing.
See Agriculture; Fan; THRESHING.