Distaff
Bible Usage:
- distaff used once.
- Bible Reference: Proverbs 31:19
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6418 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Distaff
(Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Proverbs 31:19).
Naves Topical Index
Distaff
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Distaff
DISTAFF, noun
1. The staff of a spinning-wheel, to which a bunch of flax or tow is tied, and from which the thread is drawn.
She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff Proverbs 31:19.
2. Figuratively, a woman, or the female sex.
His crown usurped, a distaff on the throne.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Distaff-thistle
DISTAFF-THISTLE, noun A species of thistle; a name of the Atraetylis, and of the Carthamus, or false saffron.