Strong H855אֵת
plowshare
- Transliteration
- 'êth
- Pronunciation
- ayth
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement: - {coulter} plowshare.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: plowshare
Exact lexical definition: ploughshare
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: [ אֵת ] n.[m.] a cutting instrument of iron, usually transl. ploughshare
In the Bible
Strong H855 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- plowshare3
- coulter2
First verses
- 1 Samuel 13:20But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
- 1 Samuel 13:21Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
- Isaiah 2:4And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
- Joel 3:10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
- Micah 4:3And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.