winnowing fork or shovel

A winnowing-shovel or winnowing-fork were used to throw grains of wheat or barley up against the wind to cleanse them from the chaff and broken straw. A winnowing fan can also be a flat-shaped basket that is shaken to bring the chaff to the top of the grain. The chaff is then discarded, leaving the clean grain.

to fan = to scatter; to toss about; winnow

Hebrew: מִזְרֶה —transliteration: mizreh —meaning: winnowing-fork, winnowing-shovel

And I will winnow [zarah] them with a winnowing fork [mizreh]… —Jeremiah 15:7 excerpt

…winnowed with the shovel [rachath] and with the fan [mizreh] —Isa. 30:24 KJV excerpt

Compare:

…winnowed with shovel [rachath] and fork [mizreh] —Isa. 30:24 NASB excerpt

Greek: πτύον —transliteration: ptuon —meaning: winnowing-fork, fan; wooden pitchfork; winnowing-shovel

His winnowing fork [ptuon] is in His hand… —Matt. 3:12 excerpt

More information

• winnow
• threshing
• chaff—from grain processing
• straw—from grain grasse
• Wheat in the Bible
• Barley in the Bible
• Grain in the Bible
• Agriculture in the Bible