Masger מַסְגֵּר

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Masger
מַסְגֵּר
Transliterationmasger
Strong's numberH4525
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glosslocksmith
Occurrences7 in 7 verses
Most frequent in2 Kings (2)

Masger (Hebrew מַסְגֵּר, Strong's H4525) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “locksmith”. It occurs 7 times in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) a shutting up, locksmith, smith, dungeon, enclosure, builder of bulwarks
1a) locksmith, smith
1b) dungeon

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVsmiths (4), prison (3)
BSBmetalsmiths (4), prison (1), dungeon (1), out of the dungeon (1)

Verses

Every verse with Masger, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Kings

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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