H4717: מַקָּבָה
maqqâbâh · pronounced mak-kaw-baw' · “hammer”
Definition
properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)
KJV translates it as: hammer.
Word origin: from H5344 (נָקַב);
Extended definition
Another spelling of maq.qe.vet (מַקֶּ֫בֶת "hammer" H4718A)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H4717 is translated
- hammers ×3
Bible verses with H4717 (maqqâbâh)
Maqqâbâh appears in 3 verses.
- 1 Kings 6:7
And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
- Isaiah 44:12
The smith with the tongs 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 10:4
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.