Fork

A large tool with pointed prongs on a wooden handle, used by farmers to lift piles of cuttings.

Three-pronged fork heads
Three-pronged fork heads (© Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Stuttgart by United Bible Societies) Fork

About Fork

The fork was an iron head consisting of two or three pointed prongs attached to the end of a wooden handle approximately 1–1.3 meters (3–4 feet) in length.

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Key References

1 Samuel 13:21

The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.

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1 Samuel 13:21

The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.