Lexical Definition

‎כִּישׁוֹר‎ kîyshôwr (kee-shore') distaff ^H:N-M
from ‎כָּשֵׁר‎; compare ‎פֶּלֶךְ‎

spindle.

• literally a director, i.e. the spindle or shank of adistaff, by which it is twirled

1) spindle-whorl, distaff

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎כִּישׁוֺר‎ noun [masculine] distaff (etymology dubious; perhaps, if meaning correct, from ‎כשׁר‎ (compare Sta^{§ 216} Lag^{BN 182}) = be straight, because it stands erect, De Str; ᵑ6 industry; whence ᵑ7 ‎כּוּשְׁרָא‎, and likewise ᵑ7 ‎כּוּנְשְׁרָא‎, also Prov 3:8, (for Hebrew ‎שׁר‎), where Levy wirbelsäule, Str^{on the passage} Jastr navel; but Str doubts etymological connection with ‎כישׁור‎); — only in ‎יָדֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָה בַכִּישׁוֺ֑ר‎ Prov 31:19 (|| ‎פָּֽלָךְ ׃‎ whirl of spindle). — As above De Now Str RV SS and others; > Ki AW Thes Rob-Ges whirl of spindle (AV spindle); see ‎פֶּלֶךְ‎.

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