What is the exact definition of sheaves? My wife asked me during supper. I told her I thought they were strays or mavericks. Am I way off base? I couldn't find a definition on the net but I did find a book of the same name.
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Bringing in the Sheaves
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Nope...we're talking sheaves of wheat here, referring to the Biblical verse about separating the "wheat from the tares," or separating the righteous followers from the wicked.
In old days, wheat was harvested and bundled in sheaves. When they'd go out and gather all the bundles, it was called, "bringing in the sheaves." So, when you hear that old gospel song, you'll know that they are talking about the "righteous being gathered."
In old days, wheat was harvested and bundled in sheaves. When they'd go out and gather all the bundles, it was called, "bringing in the sheaves." So, when you hear that old gospel song, you'll know that they are talking about the "righteous being gathered."
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Wish I could help. Of all the words I ever heard, that one wasnt one of them. 
cussedemgun
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Sheaves is the plural of sheaf
If you look again in you dictionary for the singular (sheaf) you will find a good definition.
OH - - & by the way, Mr. Packer is right on the money both in literal & figurative translations.
If you look again in you dictionary for the singular (sheaf) you will find a good definition.
OH - - & by the way, Mr. Packer is right on the money both in literal & figurative translations.
feralmerril
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Must have read cajuns post two days ago about hateing the word "harvesting deer" I posted:
We shall come rejoicing bringing in the sheaves.
We shall come rejoicing bringing in the sheaves.
"We shall come rejoicing . . . . . . "
feralmerril
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One of the worst jobs I ever had in High School in the late 1950s early 1960s was "shocking" grain in the wind in late October for $6.00 a day and one meal. Shocking grain was stacking the sheaves in larger piles to be more easily picked up on wagons in the field. It was cold and the dust and particles from the oats blew in your ears and eyes and down your collar and just generally made life miserable. But hey, in those days $6.00 a day was pretty good pay.
feralmerril
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I done similar work. One thing it did for me was to appreciate a good job when I got one.
We didn't have any wheat fields where I grew up in Illinois..But a neighbor used to do that with corn stocks....As kids we used to go in them and pretend they were T. P.'s.
During trashing reunion days around here, they sometimes have oats cut and stacked in piles, then wagons would come and load them, and take them to where ever the steam engines and thrashing machines were set up, to show how it was done in the by-gone days.
Was it a Norman Rockwell painting that showed the corn stocks stacked in sheaves and some pumkins, and a old man with a pipe, a little boy in the picture and burning leaves in the autumn?????
WuzzFuzz
During trashing reunion days around here, they sometimes have oats cut and stacked in piles, then wagons would come and load them, and take them to where ever the steam engines and thrashing machines were set up, to show how it was done in the by-gone days.
Was it a Norman Rockwell painting that showed the corn stocks stacked in sheaves and some pumkins, and a old man with a pipe, a little boy in the picture and burning leaves in the autumn?????
WuzzFuzz
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feralmerril
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Work makes me high!
Ditto
A related definition is that it can also be applied to a stack or bundle of papers.
There is a third totally unrelated definition as well. The singular sheave is another name for a grooved wheel or pulley. Sheaves is the plural form of the word when used in that context too.
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To this day Wichita St are "The Shockers."
Kinda taken on a different meaning in recent years.
According to my mom, the only thing worse than shocking oats was shocking barley.
'sheaves'
''Sheaves" are pulleys for a belt drive. So the early Christians 'brought in the sheaves' in order to fix their pumps and tractors.
''Sheaves" are pulleys for a belt drive. So the early Christians 'brought in the sheaves' in order to fix their pumps and tractors.
I do profess to being a city boy but I did get to do some of the chores. Shucking corn was tiresome and rough on my lily white hands. Throwing baled hay on the back of the truck was back breaking after a while. Carrying galvanized buckets of water to the barn yard made my fingers bleed. Picking cotton, even with gloves was a terrible job. Churning milk was the easiest.
To all you farmers and ranchers, "You have my respect" for what you have to do on a daily basis.
Hope you have a merry and restful Christmas!
To all you farmers and ranchers, "You have my respect" for what you have to do on a daily basis.
Hope you have a merry and restful Christmas!
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Heh heh, im glad im not too urbanized as to not have grown up enjoying guns and firing them.
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Doggone it, I HAVE indeed heard of the word but never knew its meaning. I remember it used in at least one Hymnal sang in Church. Classic DOH!! moment for me.
