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Shovel
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Etruscan Bronze shovel. 5th century B.C.
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Comments: Roman Bronze shovel with a handle terminating in a ram's head. 1stâ2nd century A.D..
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Comments: Roman Bronze batillum (incense shovel). Late 1stâearly 2nd century A.D.
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Comments: Roman shovels found at the en:Saalburg Germany, 1st to 3rd century AD
From ISBE: Shovel, shuv'-l:
(1) rachath, is a wooden shovel used on the threshing-floor for winnowing the grain (Isaiah 30:24).
(2) ya`, is used in various passages to indicate some instrument employed to carry away ashes from the altar (Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; Numbers 4:14; 1 Kings 7:40; 1 Kings 7:45; 2 Kings 25:14; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 2 Chronicles 4:16; Jeremiah 52:18). It was very likely a small shovel like those used in connection with modern fireplaces for cleaning away the ashes (compare Hebrew ya`ah, "to sweep away") or for carrying live coals to start a new fire.
(3) yathedh (Deuteronomy 23:13 the Revised Version margin)
James A. Patch
Verses:
- Exodus 27:3
- Exodus 38:3
- Numbers 4:14
- Ruth 3:15
- 1 Kings 7:40
- 1 Kings 7:45
- 2 Kings 25:14
- 2 Chronicles 4:11
- 2 Chronicles 4:16
- Isaiah 30:24
- Jeremiah 52:18
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