מַסְגֵּר
mas.ger
“locksmith”
Definition
a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison
from H5462 (סָגַר);
- a shutting up, locksmith, smith, dungeon, enclosure, builder of bulwarks 1a) locksmith, smith 1b) dungeon
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
מַסְגֵּר appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
They will be gathered togetherlike prisoners in a pit.They will be confined to a dungeonand punished after many days.
to open the eyes of the blind,to bring prisoners out of the dungeonand those sitting in darknessout from the prison house.
After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.
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