Strong H7347רֵחֶה
millstone
- Transliteration
- rêcheh
- Pronunciation
- ray-kheh'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From an unused root meaning to pulverize; a mill stone: - mill (stone).
Detailed definition
STEP sense: millstone
Exact lexical definition: hand-
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: [ רֵחֶה ] n.[m.] only du . ( hand- ) mill (prob. = two mill-stones )
In the Bible
Strong H7347 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- mill2
- millstone2
- nether1
First verses
- Exodus 11:5And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.
- Numbers 11:8And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
- Deuteronomy 24:6No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.
- Isaiah 47:2Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
- Jeremiah 25:10Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle.