Bible Dictionary: Spade

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A hart or stag three years old.

2. (n.) A castrated man or beast.

3. (n.) An implement for digging or cutting the ground, consisting usually of an oblong and nearly rectangular blade of iron, with a handle like that of a shovel.

4. (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling a spade.

5. (n.) A cutting instrument used in flensing a whale.

6. (v. t.) To dig with a spade; to pare off the sward of, as land, with a spade.

Strong's Hebrew

240. azen -- implements, tools
... weapon. From 'azan; a spade or paddle (as having a broad end) -- weapon. see
HEBREW 'azan. 239, 240. azen. 241 . Strong's Numbers.
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4053. megraphah -- a shovel
... clod. From garaph; something thrown off (by the spade), ie A clod -- clod. see HEBREW
garaph. 4052, 4053. megraphah. 4054 . Strong's Numbers.
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3489. yathed -- a peg, pin
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition a peg, pin NASB Word Usage peg
(6), pegs (11), pin (3), spade (1), stakes (1), tent peg (3). ...
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Library

Secret Study of the Holy Scriptures.
... Let me quote a few sentences from the Duke of Argyll's paper:". THE WORK OF THE
SPADE. ... That weapon is the spade. And what has it been unearthing? ...
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"There, Baby!" Said Diamond; "I'M So Happy that I Can Only Sing ...
... troop. They all scurried away, but soon returned, one after another, each
with a pickaxe on his shoulder and a spade in his hand. ...
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Fearlessness.
... You can call a spade "a spade" or you can designate it as "an iron utensil employed
for excavating purposes," but if you want folks to understand what you are ...
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Spiritual Farming. --No. 3 Cultivation.
... have not pressed upon them with the force it deserves, the necessity of what the
Bible calls "breaking up the fallow ground." What the plough and spade do for ...
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On the Negative Spirit
... is already dying. The tradition of calling a spade a spade starts very
early in our literature and comes down very late. But the ...
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A Provision Ground
... longed to gather some hints as to the possibility of carrying out in the West Indian
islands that system of 'Petite Culture'"of small spade farming" which ...
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Clairvoyance
... intellectual work. A yellow primrose is just a yellow primrose; a spade is
a spade; a ledger is a ledger; a lexicon is a lexicon. To ...
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"He Has Trusted Me," Said the Cardinal, -- "I have Found Him...
... birds from their hidden nests, and sent them flying to and fro through the clear
air uttering sharp chirrups of terror,"and, leaning on his spade, he paused ...
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1870-1871. Workers' Meetings at Home of Industry --Training Home ...
... scheme for rescuing these dear children if only for their health's sake; the pure
air, the early hours for rising, the outdoor and spade exercise, the ...
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Kate Lee's Secret
... In conflict between these powers there will always be the sacrifices of war to reckon
upon, the spade work, the tunnelling, the weariness; surprises of the ...
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Thesaurus

Spade (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) One of that suit of cards each of which bears one or more figures resembling
a spade. ... Multi-Version Concordance Spade (5 Occurrences). ...
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Dig (24 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen,
or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open ...
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Spit (15 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) The depth to which a spade goes in digging; a spade; a spadeful. ... 5. (n.)
To spade; to dig. 6. (vi) To attend to a spit; to use a spit. 7. (imp. ...
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Blackberries (5 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife,
or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come ...
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Spittle (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) See Spital. 2. (vt) To dig or stir with
a small spade. 3. (n.) A small sort of spade. 4. (n.) The ...
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Spacious (10 Occurrences)

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Spades (9 Occurrences)

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Knife (10 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife,
or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come ...
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Grains (6 Occurrences)
... Joel 1:17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses
are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead ...
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Grain-stores (1 Occurrence)
... Joel 1:17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses
are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead ...
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Bible Concordance

Spade (5 Occurrences)

Deuteronomy 23:13 And have among your arms a spade; and when you have been to that place, let that which comes from you be covered up with earth:
(BBE NAS)

Isaiah 5:2 And after working the earth of it with a spade, he took away its stones, and put in it a very special vine; and he put up a watchtower in the middle of it, hollowing out in the rock a place for the grape-crushing; and he was hoping that it would give the best grapes, but it gave common grapes.
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Isaiah 5:6 And I will make it waste; its branches will not be touched with the knife, or the earth worked with the spade; but blackberries and thorns will come up in it: and I will give orders to the clouds not to send rain on it.
(BBE)

Isaiah 7:25 And they will send out the oxen and the sheep on all the hills which before were worked with the spade, ... fear of blackberries and thorns.
(BBE)

Joel 1:17 The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Spade

Related Terms

Dig (24 Occurrences)

Spit (15 Occurrences)

Blackberries (5 Occurrences)

Spittle (3 Occurrences)

Spacious (10 Occurrences)

Spades (9 Occurrences)

Knife (10 Occurrences)

Grains (6 Occurrences)

Grain-stores (1 Occurrence)