Maqqevet מַקֶּ֫בֶת
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| מַקֶּ֫בֶת | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | maqqevet |
| Strong's number | H4718 (H4718A, H4718B) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | hammer |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Judges (1) |
Maqqevet (Hebrew מַקֶּ֫בֶת, Strong's H4718) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “hammer”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
H4718A: hammer
hammer, perforator
Also means: maq.qa.vah (מַקָּבָה "hammer" H4717)
Also means: maq.qa.vah (מַקָּבָה "hammer" H4717)
H4718B: hole
hole, excavation, perforation
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hammer (1), hole (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hammer (1), quarry (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Maqqevet, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Judges
- Judges 4:21Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
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).