What Does “Winnow” Mean in the Bible?
To toss threshed grain into the air so that the wind carries away the chaff.
A detail
- In the Bible: Boaz was winnowing barley on his threshing floor at night. That is where Ruth went to find him.
Where it appears in the Bible
Ruth 3:2
What the Bible says
Ruth 3:2
This Booz, with whose maids thou wast joined in the field, is our near kinsman, and behold this night he winnoweth barley in the threshingfloor.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “aventar”