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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Ancient sieves, or sifters, were crudely made of rushes, though the Gauls are credited with their manufacture from horsehair

They were used for separating the flour from the bran, or broken kernels, and what was left in the sieve was thrown back into the mill to be reground (Isa. 30:28²⁸And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. (Isaiah 30:28)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

3531 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

kbarah

Phonic:

keb-aw-raw’

Meaning:

from 3527 in its original sense; a sieve (as netted)

KJV Usage:

sieve