Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5530 sifting
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5530 sifting

5530 sifting

The process of separating different substances, especially grain and chaff, normally by passing them through sieves. It is used as a symbol of judgment in which the good are separated from the evil.

Sifting as an act of separation

Jdg 7:4

Sifting as a symbol of judgment

Isa 30:28 See also Am 9:9; Lk 22:31

See also

4426chaff
4456grain
4550winnowing
9210judgment, God’s