Thresh
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [1]
Isaiah 28:28 (b) In this passage the word represents the climax in dealing with a soul for salvation. As all persons are not saved in the same way, so all grains are not gathered in the same way. Threshing represents just one of the many ways of harvesting. The Lord is teaching in this verse that there are a number of methods to use in releasing a soul from the bonds and bands of sin and Satan until they are born again, redeemed and saved.
Jeremiah 51:33 (a) The time to destroy Babylon had come. It is described as a threshing because of the tremendous beating she would receive from her enemies. (See also Isaiah 21:10).
Amos 1:3 (a) This is a description of the persecution and whipping given to Gilead by the armies of Damascus.
Micah 4:13 (a) By this type we understand that the nation of Israel was to whip her enemies and conquer the opposing nations.
Habakkuk 3:12 (a) Again this type is used to illustrate the whipping that GOD gave the heathen for their wicked and hostile attitude toward His people.
1 Corinthians 9:10 (b) The thought of being successful in soul winning is indicated by this figure. Certainly there is great joy in the heart of the believer when he sees "the wheat" brought into the garner and separated from the chaff.
People's Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Thresh, Threshing. Different modes of threshing are used in the East. A level spot was selected for the threshing-floor, generally in an exposed situation where advantage might be taken of the wind for winnowing or separating the corn from the chaff when the threshing process was completed. Robinson observed several of these floors near together of a circular form hardened by beating down the earth, and about 50 feet in diameter, the sheaves being thickly spread on them. Near Jericho "were no less than five such floors, all trodden by oxen, cows, and younger cattle, arranged in each case five abreast, and driven round in a circle, or rather in all directions, over the floor... By this process the straw is broken up and becomes chaff. It is occasionally turned up with a large wooden fork having two prongs, and when sufficiently trodden is thrown up with the same fork against the wind in order to separate the grain, which is then gathered up and winnowed. The whole process is exceedingly wasteful."
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
"to thresh," is so rendered in 1—Corinthians 9:10; in 1—Corinthians 9:9 and 1—Timothy 5:18 , "that treadeth out the corn."
Webster's Dictionary [4]
(1): ( v. t.) To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of (grain) with a flail; to beat off, as the kernels of grain; as, to thrash wheat, rye, or oats; to thrash over the old straw.
(2): ( v. t.) To beat soundly, as with a stick or whip; to drub.
(3): ( v. t.) Hence, to labor; to toil; also, to move violently.
(4): ( v. t.) To practice thrashing grain or the like; to perform the business of beating grain from straw; as, a man who thrashes well.
(5): ( v. t. & i.) Same as Thrash.
King James Dictionary [5]
Thresh To thrash. See Thrash. The latter is the popular pronunciation, but the word is written thrash or thresh, indifferently. See the derivation and definitions under Thrash.
