6 occurrences

'Axe' in the Bible

For instance, he may have accompanied his friend to go to a forest to cut trees. Then he swung his axe to cut some wood, but the ax head flew off the handle and hit his friend, so that he died. The killer may flee to one of these cities to live.

Verse ConceptsForestsToolsWoodCarpentry ToolsFelling TreesSharp ToolsIron Objects

So he went up to Mount Zalmon, accompanied by his entire army. Abimelech had an axe in his hand, so he cut down a branch from a tree, lifted it up, and laid it on his shoulder. Then he told the army that had accompanied him, "You've seen what I just did. Hurry up! Do the same thing!"

Verse ConceptsImitating OthersAxesTools

Everyone in Israel would have to go to the Philistines so each person could sharpen his plow, his mattock, his axe, and his sickle.

Verse ConceptsAxesSharpening

The Temple was constructed of stone precut at the quarry so that no hammer, axe, or any other iron implement would be heard in the Temple while it was being built.

Verse ConceptsBuildingIronMasonsToolsHammersThe First Templeconstruction

It happened that as one of them was felling a beam, his axe head fell into the water. He cried out, "Oh no! Master! The axe was on loan to me!"

Verse ConceptsAxesLendingLossThings Falling

The man of God asked, "Where did it fall?" When he was shown the place, he cut off a branch, tossed it there, and made the iron axe head float.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ElishaBuoyancyWhere Are Things?

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Root Form
Definition
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גּרזן 
Garzen 
axe
Usage: 4

חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

מגזרה 
Magzerah 
axe
Usage: 1

מגרה 
M@gerah 
saw , axe
Usage: 4

מעצד 
Ma`atsad 
Usage: 2

מפּץ 
Mappets 
Usage: 1

קרדּם 
Qardom 
axe
Usage: 5

ἀξίνη 
Axine 
axe
Usage: 2

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