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glean
Related Ideas:
pick up
Definition:
The term "glean" means to go through a field or orchard and pick up whatever grain or fruit the harvesters have left behind.
- God told the Israelites to let the widows, poor people, and foreigners glean the leftover grain in order to provide food for themselves.
- Sometimes the owner of the field would allow the gleaners to go directly behind the harvesters to glean, which enabled them to glean much more of the grain.
- A clear example of how this worked is in the story of Ruth, who was generously allowed to glean among the harvesters in the fields of her relative Boaz.
- Other ways to translate "glean" can be "pick up" or "gather" or "collect."
(See also: Boaz, grain, harvest, Ruth)
Bible References:
Word Data:
- Strong's: H3950, H3951, H5953, H5955
Forms Found in the English ULB:
glean, gleaned, gleanings, gleans, picked up