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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
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Dictionaries
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Winnowing Fork, Winnowing Shovel
• Fork
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Forked Cross
• Cross, Forked
Webster Dictionary
• Forking
• Forked
• Fork-Tailed
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Caudine Forks
• Fork
• Grand Forks, Columbia
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Fork
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Caudine Forks
Lexicons
• πτύον
• מִזְלָג מַזְלֵג, , מִזְלָגָה
• מִזְרֶה
• פֶּרֶק
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(שְׁלשׁ קַלְּשׁון, shelosh' killeshon', a triad of prongs), a three-pronged fork, i.e., pitch-fork with which hay, straw, and the like are gathered (occurs only 1 Samuel 13:21). The Targum (on Ecclesiastes 12:11) uses the same word to express a pointed instrument. (See AGRICULTURE).

The Orientals do not use forks at meals as we do but convey the food to their mouth with the fingers. (See EATING).