ʻêṭ — H5842

Definition

masculine noun

a stylus or marking stick

1. stylus
1. iron stylus with diamond tip used to write on stone or metal
2. reed pen used on a roll

Usually translated as

pen

Origin

from H5860 (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke

• Derived from ʻîyṭ (H5860)

Occurrences

ʻêṭ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (2)

• Job 19:24 — That they were graven with an iron pen (בְּעֵט) and lead in the rock for ever!
• Psalms 45:1 — My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen (עֵ֤ט) of a ready writer.
• Jeremiah 8:8 — How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen (עֵ֖ט) of the scribes is in vain.
• Jeremiah 17:1 — The sin of Judah is written with a pen (בְּעֵ֥ט) of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars;