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Distaff

(Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19).

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Proverbs 31:19

M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 3rd edition (1897). Public domain; text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library. A nineteenth-century Protestant reference: its dates, archaeology and judgements reflect the scholarship of its time and are not Imago Dei's editorial position.