Bible Encyclopedias
Mattock

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Matto Grosso

Next Entry
Mattoon

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Mattock
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Mattock
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Mattock
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Mattock
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Mattock
King James Dictionary
• Mattock
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Mattock
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Mattock
Webster Dictionary
• Mattock
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Mattock
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Mattock
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Mattock
Lexicons
• אֵת
• חֶרֶב
• מַחֲרֵשָׁה
•   (only first 3 shown)

'MATTOCK (O.E.' mattuc, of uncertain origin), a tool having a double iron head, of which one end is shaped like an adze, and the other like a pickaxe. The head has a socket in the centre in which the handle is inserted transversely to the blades. It is used chiefly for grubbing and rooting among tree stumps in plantations and copses, where the roots are too close for the use of a spade, or for loosening hard soil.