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Distaff [ebd]
(Heb. pelek, a "circle"), the instrument used for twisting threads by a whirl (Prov. 31:19).
DISTAFF [isbe]
DISTAFF - dis'-taf (pelekh): This word occurs once in Prov 31:19; "spindle" is found in the same passage. In the Revised Version (British and American) the meanings of the two words have been exchanged.See SPINNING.
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