Shovel
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
SHOVEL . 1 . Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3 , Numbers 4:14 , 1 Kings 7:40; 1Ki 7:45 , 2 Kings 25:14 , 2 Chronicles 4:11; 2 Chronicles 4:16 , Jeremiah 52:18 , of a utensil for removing the ashes from the altar. 2 . Isaiah 30:24 , for the broad, shallow, winnowing shovel with which corn after threshing was thrown up against the wind to clear it of the chaff.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): (v. t.) To gather up as with a shovel.
(2): (v. t.) An implement consisting of a broad scoop, or more or less hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing earth, coal, grain, or other loose substances.
(3): (v. t.) To take up and throw with a shovel; as, to shovel earth into a heap, or into a cart, or out of a pit.
King James Dictionary [3]
SHOVEL, n. shov'l. An instrument consisting of a broad scoop or hollow blade with a handle used por throwing earth or other loole substances.
SHOVEL,
1. To take up and throw with a shovel as, to shovel earth into a heap or into a cart, or out of a pit. 2. To gather in great quantities.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Exodus 27:3
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
shuv ´' 50 : (1) רחת , raḥath , is a wooden shovel used on the threshing-floor for winnowing the grain ( Isaiah 30:24 ). (2) יע , yā‛ , 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 yā‛ah , "to sweep away") or for carrying live coals to start a new fire. (3) יתד , yāthēdh (Deuteronomy 23:13 the Revised Version margin)
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [6]
is the rendering in the A.V. of —
1. רחת, rachath (from רוּח, the wind), a winnowing fork or fan (Isaiah 30:24);
2. יָע, ya (from יָעָה, to sweep away), used (in the plur.) of the implements for removing the 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). (See Agriculture); (See Altar).
