Word Study · Strong's H4281 · Hebrew
מַחֲרֵשָׁה
machareshah
makh-ar-ay-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: machărêshâh
“probably a pick-axe”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
probably a pick-axe
Rendered in the KJV as
mattock.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙1
- מַחֲרַשְׁתּ֤וֹ1
- מַחֲרֵשָׁתֽוֹ׃1
How it is rendered · 2
- plowshare his2
- for the plowshares1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 2
- HRd/Ncfpa · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel3 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:20מַחֲרַשְׁתּ֤וֹmacharashtonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularInstead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.here: plowshare his
- 1 Samuel 13:20מַחֲרֵשָׁתֽוֹ׃machareshatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularInstead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.here: plowshare his
- 1 Samuel 13:21לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙lamachareshotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralThe 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.here: for the plowshares