4 occurrences

'Millstone' in the Bible

“No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone [used to grind grain into bread] as security [for a debt], for he would be taking a [person’s] life in pledge.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeMillstonesCreditorsLaws About Pledges

But a certain woman threw an upper millstone [down] on Abimelech’s head and crushed his skull.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed By A RockSkullscrushes

Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth (Gideon)? Was it not a woman who threw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?’ Then you shall say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”

Verse ConceptsMillstonesBeing Killed By A RockKilling Named Individuals

“His heart is as hard as a stone,Indeed, as solid as a lower millstone.

Verse ConceptsMillstonesRocksHardnessOther References To The Heart

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