International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Stubble

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Stubble


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stub´'l (קשׁ, ḳash (, etc.); καλάμη, kalámē (The Wisdom of Solomon 3:7; )): These Hebrew and Greek forms are used of the stalks of wheat, etc., left knee-high in the field by the reapers. תּבן, tebhen (), is a mixture of chopped straw and chaff produced in threshing, which is winnowed out by the fan (compare ; ; ). When tebhen was withheld from them the Israelites had to utilize ḳash for the manufacture of their bricks ().