Everyday objects

Farming Tools and Agriculture

Tools and settings connected with ploughing, sowing, harvesting, threshing, vineyards, olives, and agricultural labour.

Section coverage

Records

8

Strong’s links

12

Expanded reference links

85

Books represented by item

44

Items in this section

Plough

Tool used to break up soil for sowing.

1 Strong’s1 refs1 books

Yoke

Wooden implement joining animals for labour; also a metaphor for rule, burden, or discipleship.

2 Strong’s40 refs17 books

Sickle

Harvesting blade used for cutting grain.

3 Strong’s11 refs5 books

Pruning Hook

Vineyard/agricultural tool used in prophetic peace-war imagery.

1 Strong’s4 refs3 books

Threshing Sledge

Heavy implement used to separate grain from husks.

1 Strong’s17 refs8 books

Winnowing Fork

Tool used to toss threshed grain so chaff separates from wheat.

1 Strong’s2 refs2 books

Goad

Pointed implement for driving oxen; appears in wisdom/proverbial imagery.

1 Strong’s1 refs1 books

Winepress

Pressing installation for grapes; also a judgment image.

2 Strong’s9 refs7 books