HebrewH1631Noun (Masculine)

גַּרְזֶן

gar.zen

4Occurrences
H1631Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an axe

from H1629 (גָּרַז);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
axe

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

גַּרְזֶן appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
2
1 Kings
1
Isaiah
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 6:7BSB

The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.

Deuteronomy 19:5BSB

If he goes into the forest with his neighbor to cut timber and swings his axe to chop down a tree, but the blade flies off the handle and strikes and kills his neighbor, he may flee to one of these cities to save his life.

Deuteronomy 20:19BSB

When you lay siege to a city for an extended time while fighting against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by putting an axe to them, because you can eat their fruit. You must not cut them down. Are the trees of the field human, that you should besiege them?

Isaiah 10:15BSB

Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it?Does a saw boast over him who saws with it?It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it,or a staff lifting him who is not wood!

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