Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar. 2. (n.) A constable's or bailiff's staff; -- so called from its shape. 3. (n.) The leg and leg bone of an animal, especially of a pig; as, a pestle of pork. 4. (v. t. & i.) To pound, pulverize, bray, or mix with a pestle, or as with a pestle; to use a pestle. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia PESTLE pes'-'l (`eli): A rounded implement of wood or stone used for pounding, bruising, or powdering materials in a mortar. Used only in Proverbs 27:22. The assonance of CS:GreekIT+loimosIT-/cS and CS:GreekIT+limosIT-/cS in these passages (CS:GreekIT+loimosIT-/cS is omitted in the Revised Version (British and American) passage for Mt) occurs in several classical passages, e.g. Herodotus vii0.171. The pestilence is said to walk in darkness (Psalm 91:6) on account of its sudden onset out of obscurity not associated with any apparent cause. See MORTAR.

Multi-Version Concordance Pestle (1 Occurrence) Proverbs 27:22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)