Sift
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Isaiah 30:28
- Last Reference: Luke 22:31
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.