Word Study · Strong's H855 · Hebrew
אֵת
eth
ayth
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼêth
“a hoe or other digging implement”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a hoe or other digging implement
Rendered in the KJV as
coulter, plowshare.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- לְאִתִּ֗ים2
- אֵתוֹ֙1
- אִתֵּיכֶם֙1
- וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים1
How it is rendered · 4
- into plowshares2
- and for the mattocks1
- mattock his1
- plowshares your1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- preposition + noun · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncmpa · 2
- HC/Rd/Ncmpa · 1
- HNcmpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 13:20אֵתוֹ֙ʾetonoun · masculine 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: mattock his
- 1 Samuel 13:21וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔יםvelaetimconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine 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: and for the mattocks
Same headword in Strong's