Reference: Axe
Easton
used in the Authorized Version of De 19:5; 20:19; 1Ki 6:7, as the translation of a Hebrew word which means "chopping." It was used for felling trees (Isa 10:34) and hewing timber for building. It is the rendering of a different word in Jg 9:48; 1Sa 13:20-21; Ps 74:5, which refers to its sharpness. In 2Ki 6:5 it is the translation of a word used with reference to its being made of iron. In Isa 44:12 the Revised Version renders by "axe" the Hebrew maatsad, which means a "hewing" instrument. In the Authorized Version it is rendered "tongs." It is also used in Jer 10:3, and rendered "axe." The "battle-axe" (army of Medes and Persians) mentioned in Jer 51:20 was probably, as noted in the margin of the Revised Version, a "maul" or heavy mace. In Ps 74:6 the word so rendered means "feller." (See the figurative expression in Mt 3:10; Lu 3:9.)
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For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them?
Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.
But one of them, while cutting a board, let the head of his axe go into the water; and he gave a cry, and said, This is a bad business, my master, for it is another's.
They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees. Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.
And he is cutting down the thick places of the wood with an axe, and Lebanon with its tall trees is coming down.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire.
And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire.
Fausets
Hebrew kardom, "sharp"; large, for telling trees (Jg 9:48; Jer 46:22); garzen, "cutting", as "hatchet" from "hack," securis from seco; barzel,"iron " garzen sometimes means the "adze." The head was fastened to the handle by thongs, and so was liable to slip off (De 19:5; 2Ki 6:5). For "axe" in Isa 44:12 margin; Jer 10:3, ma'atzad, others trans. a "knife" or "chisel," such as a carver of wood idols would use. But KJV is good sense and good Hebrew; the "axe" is meant as the instrument to cut down the tree in the forest. Mappeetz (Jer 51:20), "battle axe," a heavy mace or maul, whence Charles Martel was designated. Kasshil occurs only once, Ps 74:6, a large axe.
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For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
For example, if a man goes into the woods with his neighbour for the purpose of cutting down trees, and when he takes his axe to give a blow to the tree, the head of the axe comes off, and falling on to his neighbour gives him a wound causing his death; then the man may go in flight to one of these towns and be safe:
Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.
Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me do.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
The iron-worker is heating the metal in the fire, giving it form with his hammers, and working on it with his strong arm: then for need of food his strength gives way, and for need of water he becomes feeble.
For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.
For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.
She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;
You are my fighting axe and my instrument of war: with you the nations will be broken; with you kingdoms will be broken;