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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: σινιάζω

(Strong's #4617 — Verb — siniazo — )

"to winnow, sift" (sinion, "a sieve"), is used figuratively in Luke 22:31 .

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Sift'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/sift.html. 1940.
 
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