Definition
perhaps from H6923 in the sense of striking upon; an axe
Traditional renderings: ax.
Traditional renderings: ax.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קַרְדֹּם:
- ἀξίνηaxinē“axe”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
5 total
- Judges 9:48הַקַּרְדֻּמּ֜וֹת · his axe…he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon. Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men, “Hurry and do what you have seen me do.”
- 1 Samuel 13:20קַרְדֻּמּ֔וֹ · axesInstead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
- 1 Samuel 13:21וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים · or an axeThe charge was a pim for sharpening a plowshare or mattock, a third of a shekel for sharpening a pitchfork or an axe, and a third of a shekel for repointing an oxgoad.
- Psalm 74:5קַרְדֻּמּֽוֹת׃ · axes…like men wielding axes in a thicket of trees
- Jeremiah 46:22וּבְקַרְדֻּמּוֹת֙ · with axesEgypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees.