H7347 רֵחֶה (rêcheh) ray-kheh'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

millstone

Strong's Definition

a mill-stone

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to pulverize;

KJV Usage: mill (stone).

TWOT Reference: 2144a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) handmills

1a) a pair of millstones for grinding

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3458

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רֵחֶה (re.cheh) — millstone. 1) handmills 1a) a pair of millstones for grinding

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רֵחַיִם (H7347)

noun m

Tools

hand-mill = set of two stones ► that are used to grind grain into flour; the grain was placed on the stationary bottom stone, and the top stone was pressed down on top of the grain and scraped back and forth; ≈ associated with hardness

EXO 11:5 · NUM 11:8 · DEU 24:6 · ISA 47:2 · JER 25:10

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[רֵחֶה] n.[m.] only du. (hand-)mill (prob. = two mill-stones) base

Bible Occurrences (5)

11:5

11:8

24:6

47:2

25:10

Exodus 11:5

and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.

Numbers 11:8

The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes.... It tasted... like pastry baked with fine oil.

Deuteronomy 24:6

Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.

Isaiah 47:2

Take millstones and grind flour; remove your veil; strip off your skirt, bare your thigh, [and] wade through the streams.

Jeremiah 25:10

Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom,... the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.