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It is a heavy, flat implement, often made of wood or metal, with sharp stones or iron teeth embedded on the underside. The primary function of a sledge was to separate grain from chaff by being dragged over harvested crops, typically on a threshing floor.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>The concept of a sledge is mentioned in the context of threshing and judgment in the Bible. One of the most notable references is found in the book of Isaiah:<br><br>· <b><a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15</a> :</b> "Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff."<br><br>In this passage, the sledge is used metaphorically to describe the power and effectiveness that God will bestow upon His people, enabling them to overcome formidable obstacles. The imagery of a "new and sharp" sledge with "many teeth" emphasizes the thoroughness and decisiveness of the action.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context:</b><br><br>In ancient Near Eastern agriculture, threshing was a critical step in the process of preparing grain for consumption. The sledge was an essential tool for this task, as it efficiently separated the edible parts of the grain from the inedible husks. The use of a sledge required a flat, hard surface, known as a threshing floor, where the harvested stalks of grain would be spread out. Oxen or other animals would often pull the sledge over the grain, applying pressure to break the husks and release the seeds.<br><br>The design of the sledge varied, but it typically consisted of a wooden platform with sharp stones or metal blades affixed to the bottom. This construction allowed the sledge to cut through the stalks and husks effectively. The process of threshing with a sledge was labor-intensive but crucial for ensuring a successful harvest.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Theological Significance:</b><br><br>The sledge, as depicted in Isaiah, carries significant symbolic weight. It represents the transformative power of God working through His people. The imagery of a sledge threshing mountains and reducing hills to chaff conveys the idea of divine intervention and the ultimate triumph of God's purposes over seemingly insurmountable challenges.<br><br>In a broader theological context, the sledge can be seen as a symbol of judgment and purification. Just as the sledge separates grain from chaff, God's judgment discerns and separates righteousness from wickedness. This metaphor underscores the themes of divine justice and the refining process that believers undergo in their spiritual journey.<br><br><b>Conclusion:</b><br><br>The sledge, while a practical agricultural tool, holds rich metaphorical meaning within the biblical narrative. Its use in scripture highlights themes of power, judgment, and transformation, reflecting the broader spiritual truths of God's interaction with His creation.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) A strong vehicle with low runners or low wheels; or one without wheels or runners, made of plank slightly turned up at one end, used for transporting loads upon the snow, ice, or bare ground; a sled.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A hurdle on which, formerly, traitors were drawn to the place of execution.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) A sleigh.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) A game at cards; -- called also old sledge, and all fours.<p>5. (<I>v. i. & t.</I>) To travel or convey in a sledge or sledges.<p>6. (<I>n.</I>) A large, heavy hammer, usually wielded with both hands; -- called also sledge hammer.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4173.htm"><span class="l">4173. morag -- a threshing sled</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin of foreign origin Definition a threshing sled NASB Word Usage threshing<br> <b>sledge</b> (1), threshing sledges (2). threshing instrument. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4173.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2757.htm"><span class="l">2757. charits -- a cut, thing cut, sharp instrument</span></a><br><b>...</b> Or charits {khaw-reets'}; from charats; properly, incisure or (passively) incised<br> (compare charuwts); hence, a threshing-<b>sledge</b> (with sharp teeth): also a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2757.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3597.htm"><span class="l">3597. kelappoth -- an axe</span></a><br><b>...</b> hammer. From an unused root meaning to clap or strike with noise; a club or<br> <b>sledge</b>-hammer -- hammer. 3596, 3597. kelappoth. 3598 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3597.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2742.htm"><span class="l">2742. charuwts -- sharp, diligent</span></a><br><b>...</b> of charats; properly, incised or (active) incisive; hence (as noun masculine or<br> feminine) a trench (as dug), gold (as mined), a threshing-<b>sledge</b> (having sharp <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2742.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2742a.htm"><span class="l">2742a. charuts -- sharp, diligent</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin pass. part. of charats Definition sharp, diligent NASB Word Usage diligence<br> (1), diligent (4), sharp (2), threshing <b>sledge</b> (2). 2742, 2742a. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2742a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/the_power_that_never_fails.htm"><span class="l">The Power that Never Fails.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> quarries. They pick little grooves for the iron wedges, and then with great<br> <b>sledge</b>-hammers drive these wedges into the hard rock. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/the power that never fails.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_6/chapter_ithe_close_of_the.htm"><span class="l">The Close of the Theban Empire --(Continued)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> was made in the form of a boat"representing the bark of Osiris, with his ark, and<br> two guardians, Isis and Nephthys"and was placed upon a <b>sledge</b>, which was <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter ithe close of the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/headley/half_hours_in_bible_lands_volume_2/scenes_in_the_lives_of.htm"><span class="l">Scenes in the Lives of the Patriarchs.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> other. A mother, with three children, was once riding in a <b>sledge</b> in a desolate<br> region, when a pack of wolves came running after her. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/scenes in the lives of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/murray/kalli_the_esquimaux_christian_/the_narwhal.htm"><span class="l">The Narwhal</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Over the boundless deserts of snow they are borne rapidly along by their faithful<br> dogs, which are harnessed to a <b>sledge</b>, six or seven to the team, and which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/murray/kalli the esquimaux christian /the narwhal.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kuyper/the_work_of_the_holy_spirit/iii_the_indwelling_and_outgoing.htm"><span class="l">The Indwelling and Outgoing Works of God.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> his plans, the general studying his opportunities, the sturdy sailor nimbly climbing<br> the mast of his ship, or yonder blacksmith raising the <b>sledge</b> to strike <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/iii the indwelling and outgoing.htm</font><p><a href="/library/arnobius/the_seven_books_of_arnobius_against_the_heathen/23_if_you_give_a.htm"><span class="l">If You Give a Grape to Him when Hungry...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> What, if you go on to ask what a wheel is, or a <b>sledge</b>, [3555] a winnowing-fan,<br> jar, tub, an oil-mill, ploughshare, or sieve, a mill-stone, ploughtail, or <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/23 if you give a.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/lying_vanities.htm"><span class="l">'Lying Vanities'</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Browning tells a hideous story of a mother flinging, one after another, her infants<br> to the wolves as she urged her <b>sledge</b> over the snowy plain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/lying vanities.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/talks_on_talking/phrases_for_talkers.htm"><span class="l">Phrases for Talkers</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and zest Gracious solicitude Punctiliously civil and polite An air of sphinx-like<br> mystery Consumed by zeal Awaited with lively interest <b>Sledge</b>-hammer blows <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/kleiser/talks on talking/phrases for talkers.htm</font><p><a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_2_1856/a_willing_people_and_an.htm"><span class="l">A Willing People and an Immutable Leader</span></a> <br><b>...</b> His hearers too will discern it. Some of them will feel as if they were<br> sitting under a <b>sledge</b> hammer, beating on their hearts. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 2 1856/a willing people and an.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_b/two_forms_of_one_saying.htm"><span class="l">Two Forms of one Saying</span></a> <br><b>...</b> and reluctances; when we are able to go to our tasks of whatever sort they are and<br> to do them, though our hearts are beating like <b>sledge</b>-hammers; when we say <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/two forms of one saying.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sledge.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sledge</b> (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4. (n.) A game at cards; -- called also old <b>sledge</b>, and all fours. 5. (vi & t.)<br> To travel or convey in a <b>sledge</b> or sledges. <b>...</b><b>Sledge</b> (3 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sledge.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/threshing-sledge.htm"><span class="l">Threshing-<b>sledge</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br>Threshing-<b>sledge</b>. Threshing-place, Threshing-<b>sledge</b>. Threshing-sledges .<br> Multi-Version Concordance Threshing-<b>sledge</b> (2 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/threshing-sledge.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/threshingfloor.htm"><span class="l">Threshingfloor (18 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A booth is constructed for shade; the mother prepares the meals and takes her<br> turn with the father and children at riding on the <b>sledge</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/threshingfloor.htm - 15k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/threshing-floor.htm"><span class="l">Threshing-floor (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> A booth is constructed for shade; the mother prepares the meals and takes her<br> turn with the father and children at riding on the <b>sledge</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/threshing-floor.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/slays.htm"><span class="l">Slays (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/slays.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/harrow.htm"><span class="l">Harrow (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (Hebrews harits), a tribulum or sharp threshing <b>sledge</b>; a frame armed on the under<br> side with rollers or sharp spikes (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/harrow.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/undersides.htm"><span class="l">Undersides (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Undersides (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds,<br> leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing <b>sledge</b>. (WEB NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/undersides.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jagged.htm"><span class="l">Jagged (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Jagged (1 Occurrence). Job 41:30 His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving<br> a trail in the mud like a threshing <b>sledge</b>. (See NIV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jagged.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/threshing-place.htm"><span class="l">Threshing-place (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br>Threshing-place. Threshingplace, Threshing-place. Threshing-<b>sledge</b> .<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>...</b> (WBS). Threshingplace, Threshing-place. Threshing-<b>sledge</b> > <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/threshing-place.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tribulation.htm"><span class="l">Tribulation (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> distress," "tribulation"; Septuagint for tsar and tsarah; Vulgate (Jerome's Latin<br> Bible, 390-405 AD) tribulatio pressura (from tribulum, "a threshing <b>sledge</b>"). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tribulation.htm - 24k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Araunah-the-Jebusite.html">Who was Araunah the Jebusite? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/symbolism-in-Amos.html">What is the meaning of the symbolism in Amos, e.g., sledges with iron teeth (Amos 1:3), murdered pregnant women (Amos 1:13), burning bones (Amos 2:1), destroyed roots (Amos 2:9), and hooks (Amos 4:2)? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/sledge.htm">Sledge: 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">Sledge (3 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/41-30.htm">Job 41:30</a></span><br />His undersides are like sharp potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing <span class="boldtext">sledge</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS DBY NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/28-27.htm">Isaiah 28:27</a></span><br />For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/41-15.htm">Isaiah 41:15</a></span><br />Behold, I have made thee to be a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth; thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sledge.htm">Sledge</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/threshing-sledges.htm">Threshing-sledges (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sledge.htm">Sledge (3 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/s/sleek.htm">Sleek (7 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh (23 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/threshing-wain.htm">Threshing-wain (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/t/threshing-sledge.htm">Threshing-sledge (2 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/s/slays.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Slays"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Slays" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/s/sledges.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Sledges"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Sledges" /></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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