UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, n.

Inflections: πτύον; -ου

Related lemmas: πτύω

Sense 1: a winnowing shovel

Semantic entry: 6.6

Semantic domains: Artifacts

Subdomains: Instruments Used in Agriculture and Husbandry

Definition: a fork-like shovel for throwing threshed grain into the air so that the wind may separate the chaff from the grain

Notes: Where there is no receptor-language term for a winnowing shovel, one may use a descriptive phrase, for example, ‘a tool for throwing threshed grain into the air in order to let the chaff blow away.’

Further resources: realia:1.1.8.3

MAT 3:12: RV MAT 3:12 · LV MAT 3:12 · Read together MAT 3:12

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OET-RV MAT 3:12

12 He’s already holding his fork so that he can clear his threshing floor—he’ll work through the pile throwing it into the air, where the breeze will carry the chaff away, and he’ll burn it with unquenchable fire, while the heavier grains of wheat will land in the pile to be brought into the barn.”

OET-LV MAT 3:12

12 Of _whom the winnowing _fork is in the hand of _him, and he _will _be _clearing _out the threshing _floor of _him, and will _be _gathering _together the wheat of _him into the barn, but the chaff he _will _be _burning _up with_ inextinguishable _fire.

LUK 3:17: RV LUK 3:17 · LV LUK 3:17 · Read together LUK 3:17

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OET-RV LUK 3:17

17 He’ll hold the winnowing fork so he can clear out the threshing floor, gathering the wheat into his barn and burning up the chaff with a fire that never goes out.”

OET-LV LUK 3:17

17 of _whom the winnowing _fork is in the hand of _him to _clear _out the threshing _floor of _him, and to _gather _together the wheat into the barn of _him, and he _will _be _burning _up the the_chaff with_ inextinguishable _fire.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πτύον

Form 1

Sense 1: a winnowing shovel