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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Sift

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Sift

SIFT, verb transitive

1. To separate by a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

2. To separate; to part.

3. To examine minutely or critically; to scrutinize. Let the principles of the party be thoroughly sifted. We have sifted your objections.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Sifted

SIFT'ED, participle passive Separated by a sieve; purified from the coarser parts; critically examined.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Sifter

SIFT'ER, noun One that sifts; that which sifts; a sieve.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Sifting

SIFT'ING, participle present tense Separating the finer from the coarser parts; critically examining.


The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance: