Word Study · Strong's H4621 · Hebrew

מַעֲצָד

maatsad

mah-ats-awd'

Strong's 1890 spelling: maʻătsâd

“an axe”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an axe

Rendered in the KJV as

ax, tongs.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃1
מַֽעֲצָ֔ד1

How it is rendered · 2

a tool1
with the tool1

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

How it parses · 2

noun · masculine singular1
preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HNcmsa · 1
HRd/Ncmsa · 1

All 2, in canonical order

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Where this word lives

Isaiah1 of 2 · 50%
Jeremiah1 of 2 · 50%

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Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 44:12מַֽעֲצָ֔דmaatzadnoun · masculine singularThe blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.here: a tool

Jeremiah1 occurrence

Jeremiah 10:3בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד׃bamaatzadpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularFor the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman.here: with the tool

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