Bible Dictionary
Grinding
Grinding was the daily process of crushing grain with a hand mill to prepare flour or meal. It was ordinary household and agricultural labor in biblical times.
Definition
Grinding was the work of crushing grain with a mill in order to prepare flour or meal. It was an ordinary domestic and agricultural process associated with the hand-mill.
Biblical Usage
The supplied material gives no separate biblical usage beyond the entry’s association with the mill and the craft of grinding.
Historical Background
Grinding was performed with the two-stone hand-mill, whose upper stone was moved over the stationary lower stone.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
[Mill]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>grind'-ing.</p><p>See CRAFTS.</p>