H5842: עֵט
ʻêṭ · pronounced ate · “stylus”
Definition
a stylus or marking stick
KJV translates it as: pen.
Word origin: from H5860 (עִיט) (contracted) in the sense of swooping, i.e. side-long stroke;
Extended definition
1a) iron stylus with diamond tip used to write on stone or metal
1b) reed pen used on a roll
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5842 is translated
- a stylus of ×3
- is a stylus of ×1
Bible verses with H5842 (ʻêṭ)
ʻêṭ appears in 4 verses.
- Job 19:24
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
- Psalms 45:1
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen 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 of the scribes is in vain.
- Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen 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;