Word Study · Strong's H4037 · Hebrew

מַגְזֵרָה

magzerah

mag-zay-raw'

Strong's 1890 spelling: magzêrâh

“a cutting implement, i.e. a blade”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a cutting implement, i.e. a blade

Rendered in the KJV as

axe.

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occurrencein the Old Testament
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Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
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inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 1 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣ת1

How it is rendered · 1

and at [the] axes of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1

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2 Samuel1 occurrence

2 Samuel 12:31וּֽבְמַגְזְרֹ֣תuvemagzerotconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.here: and at [the] axes of

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