Mattocks
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: 1 Samuel 13:21
- Last Reference: 2 Chronicles 34:6
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Mattock
1. Heb. ma'eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isaiah 7:25); a weeding-hoe.
2. Heb. mahareshah (1 Samuel 13:1), perhaps the ploughshare or coulter.
3. Heb. herebh, marg. of text (2 Chronicles 34:6). Authorized Version, "with their mattocks," marg. "mauls." The Revised Version renders "in their ruins," marg. "with their axes." The Hebrew text is probably corrupt.
Naves Topical Index
Mattock
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Mattock
(Isaiah 7:25) The tool used in Arabia for loosening the ground, described by Neibuhr, answers generally to our mattock or grubbing-axe, i.e. a single-headed pickaxe. The ancient Egyptian hoe was of wood, and answered for hoe, spade and pick.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Mattock
MAT'TOCK, noun A tool to grub up weeds or roots; a grubbing hoe.