Topical Encyclopedia
In biblical contexts, the term "pick" can refer to various actions or tools associated with selection, gathering, or breaking apart. While the specific word "pick" may not frequently appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept is present in several passages and contexts.
1.
Selection and Choice: The act of picking often involves making a choice or selection. This is seen in the biblical narrative where God chooses individuals for specific purposes. For example, God picked David to be king over Israel, as seen in
1 Samuel 16:12-13: "So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, 'Arise, anoint him, for this is he.' So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward."
2.
Harvesting and Gathering: The concept of picking is also associated with harvesting, as seen in agricultural practices in biblical times. The Israelites were instructed on how to gather crops, including the practice of gleaning, which allowed the poor to pick leftover grains.
Leviticus 19:9-10 states, "When you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. You must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God."
3.
Breaking and Digging: The term "pick" can also refer to tools used for breaking or digging, such as a pickaxe. While specific references to pickaxes are not common, the use of tools for labor and construction is evident throughout the Bible. In
Nehemiah 4:17, during the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls, it is noted, "Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens did their work with one hand and held a weapon with the other."
4.
Symbolic and Metaphorical Uses: The concept of picking can also be metaphorically applied to spiritual selection or discernment. Believers are encouraged to choose wisely and discern between good and evil. In
Philippians 1:9-10, Paul prays, "And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ."
5.
Divine Election: Theologically, the idea of God picking or choosing is central to the doctrine of election.
Ephesians 1:4-5 speaks to this divine selection: "For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will."
In summary, while the specific term "pick" may not be prevalent in the biblical text, the underlying concepts of selection, gathering, and discernment are integral to the biblical narrative and theology. These themes highlight God's sovereignty, human responsibility, and the call to live a life of discernment and purpose.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
v.) To throw; to pitch.
2. (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin.
3. (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc.
4. (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.
5. (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc.
6. (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket.
7. (v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out.
8. (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information.
9. (v.) To trim.
10. (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble.
11. (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care.
12. (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer.
13. (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock.
14. (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, road makers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.
15. (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler.
16. (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick.
17. (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock.
18. (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet.
19. (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture.
20. (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch.
Greek
353. analambano -- to take up, raise... Speech: Verb Transliteration: analambano Phonetic Spelling: (an-al-am-ban'-o) Short
Definition: I take up, raise Definition: I take up, raise; I
pick up, take
...1586. eklego -- to select
... to select. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: eklego Phonetic Spelling:
(ek-leg'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I choose, elect Definition: Ipick out for myself...
4758. stratologeo -- to enlist soldiers
... Word Origin from the same as strateuo and lego (in the sense ofpick up or choose)
Definition to enlist soldiers NASB Word Usage enlisted...as a soldier (1)....
4883. sunarmologeo -- to fit together
... of harmos and lego (in the sense of topick up) Definition to fit together NASB
Word Usage fitted (1), fitted together (1), together* (1). joined together....
4691. spermologos -- a seed picker, fig. one who picks up scraps...
... bird. Word Origin from sperma and lego (topick out, same verb as lego
but with a different mean.) Definition a seed picker, fig....
142. airo -- to raise, take up, lift
... Definition to raise, take up, lift NASB Word Usage away (5), bear (4), carried
(1), carry (1), get (4), hoisted (1), keep (1), lifted (2),pick (9), picked (11...
5089. tillo -- to pluck, to pluck off
... pluck off. Word Origin a prim. word Definition to pluck, to pluck off NASB
Word Usagepick (1), picking (2). pluck. Perhaps akin...
5166. trugao -- to gather in
... harvest. Word Origin from truge (ripe) Definition to gather in NASB Word
Usage gather (1), gathered (1),pick (1). gather. From...
2919. krino -- to judge, decide
... Iliad, v, 501). Thence, 'to distinguish, topick out, to be of opinion,
to judge' " (, 418).]. Word Origin a prim. verb Definition...
Strong's Hebrew
5365. naqar -- to bore,pick, dig... 5364, 5365. naqar. 5366 . to bore,
pick, dig. Transliteration: naqar Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-kar') Short Definition: dug.
... dig,
pick out, pierce, put thrust
...3950. laqat -- topick or gather up, glean
... 3949, 3950. laqat. 3951 . topick or gather up, glean. Transliteration: laqat
Phonetic Spelling: (law-kat') Short Definition: gather. Word Origin a prim....
2846. chathah -- to snatch up
... heap, take away. A primitive root; to lay hold of; especially topick up fire --
heap, take (away). 2845, 2846. chathah. 2847 . Strong's Numbers.
622. asaph -- to gather, remove
... 2), collects (1), cure (4), destroy (1), disappear (1), drew (1), garner (1), gather
(33), gathered (81), gathering (1), gathers (3), lose (3),pick (1), put (1...
4281. machareshah -- a plowshare
... 1). mattock. From charash; probably apick-axe -- mattock. see HEBREW charash.
4280, 4281. machareshah. 4282 . Strong's Numbers.
717. arah -- to gather, pluck
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to gather, pluck NASB Word Usage gathered (1),
pick (1). gather, pluck. A primitive root; to pluck -- gather, pluck....
5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take
... 1), looked* (2), make (1), married (1), must be carried (1), obtained (1), offer
(3), pardon (2), pardons (1), partial* (2), partiality* (8),pick (1), picked...
Library
The Devotion of Ruth
... Ruth, the Moabitess, said to Naomi, "Let me now go into the fields andpick up the
scattered heads of grain after him whose favor I should win." Naomi said to...
The Right to Live with the People of My Choice
... Everybody wants a congenial fellow worker. Well, there's only one way to be sure,
and that is"pick your own! That's what I'm going to do!".... "Pick your own!...
Are You Mocked?
... I will stand here and say that if I could stand to-morrow morning in Cheapside,
andpick out a dozen poor men, and then if I were topick out a dozen middle...
A Downward Step.
... over, Bessie was contemplating a ramble where she had noticed some large red apples
hanging; but just then her aunt said, "Bessie, you must notpick any of the...
Very Hard, yet Very Easy.
... I think a good deal of that Bible, and I don't like to see this. His mother said
to him, "Gopick up uncle's Bible from the floor." "I won't," he replied....
Receiving and Rejecting.
... now, bringing back the straying sheep, and replacing them in the fold, but one day
He will do just the contrary, He will go to His fold, andpick out the...
Feeding on Ashes
... Youpick up the skeleton of a bird upon a moor; and if you know anything about
osteology"the science of bones"you will see, in the very make of its breast...
How the victor Runs
... It is very remarkable that Paul shouldpick out these Grecian games as containing
for Christian people any lesson, for they were honeycombed, through and...
Conclusion
... 1924), 411. See also B.Pick, The Apocryphal Acts (Chicago, Open Court Pub.
Co., 1909), 312. [56]According toPick op. cit. (see note...
Sweet Comfort for Feeble Saints
... I have heard of a man who wouldpick up a pin as he walked along the street, on
the principle of economy; but I never yet heard of a man who would stop topick...
Thesaurus
Pick (37 Occurrences)... 3. (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to
pick matted
wool, cotton, oakum, etc. 4. (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire.
...Quarries (4 Occurrences)
... Zerubbabel, and Herod. Huge blocks of stone are still found in these caves
bearing the Marks ofpick and chisel. The general appearance...
Picked (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) ofPick. 2. (a.) Pointed; sharp. 3. (a.)
Having a pike or spine on the back; -- said of certain fishes....
Shiloah (1 Occurrence)
... Now this (is) the history of the tunnel: while the excavators were still lifting
up (2) Thepick toward each other, and while there were yet three cubits (to...
Siloah (1 Occurrence)
... Now this (is) the history of the tunnel: while the excavators were still lifting
up (2) Thepick toward each other, and while there were yet three cubits (to...
Gather (251 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) Topick out and bring together from among what is of less value; to collect,
as a harvest; to harvest; to cull; topick off; to pluck....
Mattock (2 Occurrences)
... mat'-ok: The translation of 3 Hebrew words: (1) machereshah, probably "apick-axe"
(1 Samuel 13:20, 21; compare 1 Samuel 13:21 margin); (2) cherebh, "sword...
Peck (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (v.) Hence: To strike,pick, thrust against, or dig into, with a pointed instrument;
especially, to strike,pick, etc., with repeated quick movements....
Picker (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one who uses apick;
one who gathers; a thief; apick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker....
Shelah (18 Occurrences)
... Now this (is) the history of the tunnel: while the excavators were still lifting
up (2) Thepick toward each other, and while there were yet three cubits (to...
Resources
What is the meaning of gleaning in the Bible? | GotQuestions.orgWhat does the Bible say about snake handling? Should we be handling snakes in church? | GotQuestions.orgWhat happened at the Pool of Bethesda? | GotQuestions.orgPick: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.comBible Concordance •
Bible Dictionary •
Bible Encyclopedia •
Topical Bible •
Bible Thesuarus
