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grinding

Meaning of “grinding”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of grind, meaning to crush or reduce by friction; to sharpen or wear down.

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First occurrence: Ecclesiastes 12:4

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Every verse containing “grinding”

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Ecclesiastes 12:4
And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:4 · retained source text

And the doores shal be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise vp at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musicke shall be brought low.

Matthew 24:41
Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 24:41 · retained source text

Two women shall be grinding at the mill: the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Luke 17:35
Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 17:35 · retained source text

Two women shall bee grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

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