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Lexicon :: Strong's H4050 - mᵊḡērâ

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מְגֵרָה
Transliteration
mᵊḡērâ
Pronunciation
meg-ay-raw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 386e

Strong’s Definitions

מְגֵרָה mᵉgêrâh, meg-ay-raw'; from H1641; a saw:—axe, saw.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's H4050 in the following manner: saw (3x), axe (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's H4050 in the following manner: saw (3x), axe (1x).
  1. saw (for stone cutting)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מְגֵרָה mᵉgêrâh, meg-ay-raw'; from H1641; a saw:—axe, saw.
STRONGS H4050: Abbreviations
מְגֵרָה noun feminine saw (Late Hebrew id., perhaps from its harsh dragging sound) — מְגֵרָה 2 Samuel 12:31a + 2 times; plural מְגֵרוֺת 1 Chronicles 20:3 (< מַגְזְרוֺת 2 Samuel 12:31b) — saw, used in cutting stone מְגֹרָרוֺת בַּמְּגֵרָה 1 Kings 7:9; used in torture (or as tools for enforced labour) of captives 2 Samuel 12:31a 1 Chronicles 20:3a.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

12:31; 12:31; 12:31

1 Kings

7:9

1 Chronicles

20:3; 20:3

H4050

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4050 matches the Hebrew מְגֵרָה (mᵊḡērâ),
which occurs 4 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:31 - And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor with saws and iron picks and iron axes and made them toil at[fn] the brick kilns. And thus he did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9 - All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, back and front, even from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:3 - And he brought out the people who were in it and set them to labor[fn] with saws and iron picks and axes.[fn] And thus David did to all the cities of the Ammonites. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
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