Maçmêr — H4548

Definition

feminine noun

a peg (as bristling from the surface)

1. nail

Usually translated as

nail

Origin

or miçmêr; also (feminine) maçmᵉrâh; or miçmᵉrâh; or even masmᵉrâh; (Ecclesiastes 12:11), from H5568

• Derived from Çâmar (H5568)

Greek equivalents

• hēlos (G2247)

Occurrences

Maçmêr occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 22:3 — And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails (לַֽמִּסְמְרִ֞ים) for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
• 2 Chronicles 3:9 — And the weight of the nails (לְמִסְמְר֥וֹת) was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
• Isaiah 41:7 — So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails (בְמַסְמְרִ֖ים), that it should not be moved.
• Jeremiah 10:4 — They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails (בְּמַסְמְר֧וֹת) and with hammers, that it move not.