Definition
from H1629; an axe
Traditional renderings: ax.
Traditional renderings: ax.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders גַּרְזֶן:
- ἀξίνηaxinē“axe”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
4 total
- Deuteronomy 19:5בַגַּרְזֶן֙ · his axeIf 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 20:19גַּרְזֶ֔ן · an axeWhen 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?
- 1 Kings 6:7וְהַגַּרְזֶן֙ · or chiselThe 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.
- Isaiah 10:15הַגַּרְזֶ֔ן · Does an axeDoes 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!