6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Millstone' in the Bible

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed By A RockSkullscrushes

Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

Verse ConceptsMillstonesBeing Killed By A RockKilling Named Individuals

then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her.

Verse ConceptsGrindingGrinding Food

His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.

Verse ConceptsMillstonesRocksHardnessOther References To The Heart

Our young men must grind grain with a millstone; our youths stumble under the weight of wood.

Verse ConceptsHard LaborStaggeringGrinding FoodFirewoodYoung People Suffering

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