Machareshah מַחֲרֵשָׁה
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| מַחֲרֵשָׁה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | machareshah |
| Strong's number | H4281 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | plowshare |
| Occurrences | 3 in 2 verses |
Machareshah (Hebrew מַחֲרֵשָׁה, Strong's H4281) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “plowshare”. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
plowshare
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | mattock (1), mattocks (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | their plowshares (1), sickles (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Machareshah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
- 1 Samuel 13:21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.The charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
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).