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FAN.—The fan of Scripture (Isa_30:24, Mat_3:12, Luk_3:17) is the five- or six-pronged wooden winnowing-fork, for which see Agriculture, § 3. The corresponding verb is rendered ‘winnow,’ Isa_30:24, Rth_3:2, but ‘fan’ elsewhere (Amer. RV [Note: Revised Version.] has ‘winnow’ throughout); the fanners of Jer_51:2 (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] and Versions) are the ‘winnowers,’ as Amer. RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] . Fanning or winnowing is a frequent figure for the Divine sifting and chastisement, Jer_4:11; Jer_15:7 etc.
A. R. S. Kennedy.