Mazmerah מַזְמֵרָה
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| מַזְמֵרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mazmerah |
| Strong's number | H4211 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | pruner |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (2) |
Mazmerah (Hebrew מַזְמֵרָה, Strong's H4211) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “pruner”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
pruning knife
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | pruninghooks (3), hooks (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | into pruning hooks (2), pruning knife (1), your pruning hooks (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mazmerah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 2:4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 18:5For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.
Joel
- Joel 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’
Micah
- Micah 4:3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).