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The shuttle is a device that carries the weft thread back and forth between the warp threads on a loom, facilitating the creation of fabric. This tool is mentioned in the context of the daily life and industry of the people in the Bible.<br><br><b>Biblical Reference:</b><br><br>The most direct reference to a shuttle in the Bible is found in the book of Job. Job, in his lamentation, uses the imagery of a weaver's shuttle to describe the fleeting nature of life: <br><br>"My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope" (<a href="/job/7-6.htm">Job 7:6</a>).<br><br>This metaphor highlights the rapid passage of time, much like the swift movement of the shuttle across the loom. The use of such imagery would have been readily understood by the original audience, familiar with the process of weaving as a common domestic and commercial activity.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>Weaving was a significant part of ancient Near Eastern culture, and the production of textiles was a vital industry. Women primarily carried out this task within the household, although professional weavers also existed. The loom and shuttle were standard tools in this craft, and the skill of weaving was passed down through generations.<br><br>The shuttle's role in weaving underscores the importance of textiles in biblical times, not only for clothing but also for trade and religious purposes. The production of linen, wool, and other fabrics was crucial for everyday life, and the quality of these materials could signify wealth and status.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Interpretation:</b><br><br>In the Bible, the shuttle's imagery serves as a powerful symbol of the transitory nature of human existence. Job's use of the shuttle metaphor reflects his deep anguish and the brevity of life, a theme that resonates throughout Scripture. This imagery invites reflection on the eternal perspective, encouraging believers to consider the fleeting nature of earthly life in contrast to the eternal promises of God.<br><br>The shuttle, as a tool of creation and industry, also symbolizes the intricate and interconnected nature of God's creation. Just as the shuttle weaves individual threads into a cohesive fabric, so too does God weave the lives of His people into His divine plan.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br><br>The mention of the shuttle in the Bible, though brief, provides insight into the daily life and spiritual reflections of the ancient world. It serves as a reminder of the swift passage of time and the importance of aligning one's life with the eternal purposes of God.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) An instrument used in weaving for passing or shooting the thread of the woof from one side of the cloth to the other between the threads of the warp.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal.<p>4. (<I>v. i.</I>) To move backwards and forwards, like a shuttle.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">SHUTTLE</span><p>shut'-'l.<br><br>See <a href="../w/weaving.htm">WEAVING</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/708.htm"><span class="l">708. ereg -- a loom</span></a><br><b>...</b> loom. Word Origin from arag Definition a loom NASB Word Usage loom (1),<br> weaver's <b>shuttle</b> (1). beam, weaver's <b>shuttle</b>. From 'arag; a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/708.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/drummond/the_ideal_life/what_is_your_life.htm"><span class="l">"What is Your Life?"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> A flower. A handbreath. A weaver's <b>shuttle</b>. <b>...</b> It is a handbreadth; a weaver's <b>shuttle</b>;<br> nothing; an eagle hasting to the prey; a swift post; a swift ship. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/drummond/the ideal life/what is your life.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_on_following_the_christ/1_a_look_ahead.htm"><span class="l">A Look Ahead</span></a> <br><b>...</b> That is the picture of a weaver's loom, with the warp threads running lengthwise,<br> the <b>shuttle</b> threads running crosswise, and the cross beam (or batten) driving <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks on following the christ/1 a look ahead.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_gal_eph_phi_col_thess_tim_titus_and_philemon/homily_xii_ephesians_iv_17.htm"><span class="l">Ephesians iv. 17</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Again the women, when the reeds strike against the standards, and ring, or when<br> they themselves are scratched by the <b>shuttle</b>, turn this also into a sign. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../homily xii ephesians iv 17.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bayly/the_practice_of_piety/biographical_preface.htm"><span class="l">Biographical Preface.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The ploughman at his daily toil"the workman who plies the <b>shuttle</b>"the merchant in<br> his counting-house"the scholar in his study"the lawyer in the courts <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/bayly/the practice of piety/biographical preface.htm</font><p><a href="/library/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/chapter_xvii_how_to_make.htm"><span class="l">How to Make Use of Christ as the Truth, that we May Get Our Case <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> parts;" and as Job, chap. vii.6, "My days are swifter than a weaver's <b>shuttle</b>,<br> and are spent without hope;" and chap. xix.10, "He hath <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/chapter xvii how to make.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hutton/history_of_the_moravian_church/chapter_iv_life_at_herrnhut.htm"><span class="l">Life at Herrnhut.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> As the grocer stood behind his counter, or the weaver plied his flying <b>shuttle</b>,<br> he was toiling, not for himself alone, but for all his Brethren and Sisters. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter iv life at herrnhut.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xix_in_the_desert.htm"><span class="l">In the Desert</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Anubis was omnipresent and particularly ungovernable. If his young master<br> were in motion he vibrated and oscillated like a <b>shuttle</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xix in the desert.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_5_1859/the_bed_and_its_covering.htm"><span class="l">The Bed and Its Covering</span></a> <br><b>...</b> upon their own backs. For the horse and for the sheep no loom works, nor<br> cloth the <b>shuttle</b> hasten in its course. Their backs are <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 5 1859/the bed and its covering.htm</font><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_about_jesus/the_anvil_of_experience.htm"><span class="l">The Anvil of Experience.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> your life. The swift drive of the double-pointed <b>shuttle</b>, the hard push<br> of the loom back and forth goes through you. Experience <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks about jesus/the anvil of experience.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/romans_corinthians_to_ii_corinthians_chap_v/what_lasts.htm"><span class="l">What Lasts</span></a> <br><b>...</b> effete. What would the hand-loom weaver's knowledge of how to throw his<br> <b>shuttle</b> be worth in a weaving-shed with a thousand looms? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/romans corinthians to ii corinthians chap v/what lasts.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/shuttle.htm"><span class="l"><b>Shuttle</b> (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) A shutter, as for a channel for molten metal. 4. (vi) To move backwards<br> and forwards, like a <b>shuttle</b>. Int. <b>...</b><b>SHUTTLE</b>. shut'-'l. See WEAVING. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shuttle.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/weaving.htm"><span class="l">Weaving (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "<b>shuttle</b>" (Job<br> 7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judges 16:14), "the web" (13, 14), and "the beam <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/weaving.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shed.htm"><span class="l">Shed (73 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. (vt) To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover. 8. (vt) To divide, as the warp<br> threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the <b>shuttle</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shed.htm - 32k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shoot.htm"><span class="l">Shoot (51 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 20. (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot<br> of a <b>shuttle</b>. <b>...</b> (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the <b>shuttle</b>; a pick. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shoot.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shutting.htm"><span class="l">Shutting (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shutting.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/woof.htm"><span class="l">Woof (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) The threads that cross the warp in a woven fabric; the weft; the filling;<br> the thread usually carried by the <b>shuttle</b> in weaving. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/woof.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/warp.htm"><span class="l">Warp (9 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> worp (shethi (Leviticus 13:48-59)): The long threads fixed into the loom to form<br> the basis of the web, and into which the woof is wrought from the <b>shuttle</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/warp.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/weavers.htm"><span class="l">Weavers (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> No mention of the loom is found in Scripture, but we read of the "<b>shuttle</b>" (Job<br> 7:6), "the pin" of the beam (Judges 16:14), "the web" (13, 14), and "the beam <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/weavers.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/weaver's.htm"><span class="l">Weaver's (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Job 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's<br><b>shuttle</b>, and are spent without hope. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/weaver's.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fly.htm"><span class="l">Fly (33 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 23. (n.) A <b>shuttle</b> driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. 24. (vi) Formerly,<br> the person who took the printed sheets from the press. 25. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fly.htm - 26k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/conspiracy-theories.html">Should a Christian be interested in conspiracy theories? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/how-big-is-heaven.html">How big is heaven? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-myth.html">Is Jesus a myth? Is Jesus just a copy of the pagan gods of other ancient religions? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/shuttle.htm">Shuttle: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Shuttle (1 Occurrence)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/7-6.htm">Job 7:6</a></span><br />My days are swifter than a weaver's <span class="boldtext">shuttle</span>, and are spent without hope.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/shuttle.htm">Shuttle</a></p><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/naves/s/shuttle--general_scriptures_concerning.htm">Shuttle: General Scriptures Concerning</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/weaving.htm">Weaving (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shed.htm">Shed (73 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shoot.htm">Shoot (51 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shutting.htm">Shutting (43 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/woof.htm">Woof (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/warp.htm">Warp (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/weavers.htm">Weavers (4 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/weaver's.htm">Weaver's (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fly.htm">Fly (33 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/r/race.htm">Race (36 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/pick.htm">Pick (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/picker.htm">Picker (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/b/beam.htm">Beam (17 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/shy.htm">Shy (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spindle.htm">Spindle (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/swifter.htm">Swifter (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/spent.htm">Spent (76 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/e/english.htm">English</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/h/harness.htm">Harness (9 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/v/versions.htm">Versions</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/shutting_the_doors_of_the_house_of_the_lord.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Shutting the Doors of the House of the LORD"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Shutting the Doors of the House of the LORD" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/naves/s/shuttle--general_scriptures_concerning.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Shuttle: General Scriptures Concerning"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Shuttle: General Scriptures Concerning" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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