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Coulter

(1 Sam. 13:20, 21), an agricultural instrument, elsewhere called “ploughshare” (Isa. 2:4; Micah 4:3; Joel 3:10). It was the facing-piece of a plough, analogous to the modern coulter.

In the Bible

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Verses where Coulter is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).

  • 1 Samuel 13:20

    Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

Scripture on Coulter

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Coulter references

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Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)

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