Word Study · Strong's H1631 · Hebrew
גַּרְזֶן
garzen
gar-zen'
“an axe”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an axe
Rendered in the KJV as
ax.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- בַגַּרְזֶן֙1
- גַּרְזֶ֔ן1
- הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן1
- וְהַגַּרְזֶן֙1
How it is rendered · 4
- an axe1
- and the axe1
- by the axe1
- the axe1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 1
- HNcmsa · 1
- HRd/Ncmsa · 1
- HTd/Ncmsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 19:5בַגַּרְזֶן֙vagarzenpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIf he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.here: by the axe
- Deuteronomy 20:19גַּרְזֶ֔ןgarzennoun · masculine singularWhen you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?here: an axe