KJV dictionary & concordance

pestle

Meaning of “pestle”

An instrument for pounding and breaking substances in a mortar.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Proverbs 27:22

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Proverbs 27:22 · retained source text

Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnesse depart from him.

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Historical English dictionary sources

An instrument for pounding and breaking substances in a mortar.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 285