Anvil
Bible Usage:
- anvil used once.
- Bible Reference: Isaiah 41:7
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6471 Used 1 time
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Anvil
The rendering of the Hebrew word, "beaten," found only in Isaiah 41:7.
Naves Topical Index
Anvil
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Anvil
AN'VIL, noun [The Latin word incus, incudis, is formed by a like analogy fromin and cudo, to hammer, or shape.]
An iron block with a smooth face, on which smiths hammer and shape their work.
Figuratively, any thing on which blows are laid.
To be on the anvil is to be in a state of discussion, formation or preparation; as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. This figure bears an analogy to that is discussion, a shaking or beating.