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Sheave [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In seamen's language , a wheel in which the rope works in a block. It is made of hard wood or a metal. When made of wood, it is sometimes bushed , that is, has a piece or perforated brass let into its center, the better to sustain the friction of the pin.

Sheave [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To bring together; to collect. [ Not in use .]

Sheave [Verb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.

Sheave [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect.

Sheave-hole [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A channel cut in a mast, yard or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

Sheaved [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Made of straw. [ Not in use .]

Sheaved [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Made of straw.

Sheaves [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Sheaf

King James Bible KJV Bible

Berean Standard Bible BSB Bible

9 KJV and 8 BSB verses contain “sheave”

Genesis 37:7

For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”

Ruth 2:7

And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

She has said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves after the harvesters.’ So she came out and has continued from morning until now, except that she rested a short time in the shelter.”

Ruth 2:15

And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not:

When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.

Nehemiah 13:15

In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.

Job 24:10

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

Psalms 126:6

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

Psalms 129:7

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

Amos 2:13

Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

Micah 4:12

But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.

But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.

Zechariah 12:6

In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.

On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.

Judith 8:3

For as he stood overseeing them that bound sheaves in the field, the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in the city of Bethulia: and they buried him with his fathers in the field between Dothaim and Balamo.