Word Study · Strong's H4211 · Hebrew
מַזְמֵרָה
mazmerah
maz-may-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mazmêrâh
“a pruningknife”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a pruningknife
Rendered in the KJV as
pruning-hook.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹת2
- בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹת1
- וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם1
How it is rendered · 3
- into pruning knives2
- and pruning knives your1
- with the pruning knives1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + noun · feminine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfpa · 2
- HC/Ncfpc/Sp2mp · 1
- HRd/Ncfpa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 2:4לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹתlemazmerotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralThen He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.here: into pruning knives
- Isaiah 18:5בַּמַּזְמֵר֔וֹתbamazmerotpreposition with the article + noun · feminine pluralFor before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.here: with the pruning knives