Paṭṭîysh — H6360

Definition

masculine noun

a hammer

1. forge hammer, hammer

Usually translated as

hammer

Origin

intensively from an unused root meaning to pound

Occurrences

Paṭṭîysh occurs 3 times in the King James.

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

• Isaiah 41:7 — So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer (פַּטִּ֖ישׁ) him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
• Jeremiah 23:29 — Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer (וּכְפַטִּ֖ישׁ) that breaketh the rock in pieces?
• Jeremiah 50:23 — How is the hammer (פַּטִּ֖ישׁ) of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations!