Maʻătsâd — H4621

Definition

masculine noun

an axe

1. axe

Usually translated as

tongs, ax

Origin

from an unused root meaning to hew

Occurrences

Maʻătsâd occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• Isaiah 44:12 — The smith with the tongs (מַֽעֲצָ֔ד) both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
• Jeremiah 10:3 — For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe (בַּֽמַּעֲצָֽד).