Bible Dictionary

Maul

Easton's Bible Dictionary 1897

An old name for a mallet, the rendering of the Hebrew mephits (Prov. 25:18), properly a war-club.

Smith's Bible Dictionary 1863

(i.e. a hammer), a sort of battleaxe or hammer, used as an implement of war. (25:18)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia 1915

mol (mephits, literally, "a breaker," "a club," "mace," "mattock"): A smashing weapon like the oriental war-club or the clubs always carried by the shepherds of Lebanon (Pr 25:18; compare Jer 51:20 margin).