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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Battle-Ax
• Ax
Thompson Chain Reference
• Axes
Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Battle-Axe
• Axe
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Axe
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Battle-Axe
• Ax, Ax Head
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Battle Axe
• Ax, Axe
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Axe
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Battle Axe
• Ax, Axe
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Head Cleft by Axe
• Ax
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Battle-axe
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Axe
Wilson's Bible Types
• Battle-Ax
• Ax
Webster Dictionary
• Lochaber Axe
• Lochaber Ax
• Jedding Ax
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Ax - Les - Thermes
• Axe
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Ax (Axe); Ax-Head
• Battle-Axe
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Axe
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Axe
• Battle-Axe
• Pole-Axes
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Ax`olotl
• Ax`um
• Lochaber Axe
Lexicons
• ܢܳܪܓ݂ܳܐ
• ἀξίνη
• בַּרְזֶל
• גַּרְזֶן
• חֶרֶב
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Hebrew kardom , "sharp"; large, for telling trees (Judges 9:48; Jeremiah 46:22); garzen , "cutting", as "hatchet" from "hack," securis from seco; barzel ,"iron " garzen sometimes means the "adze." The head was fastened to the handle by thongs, and so was liable to slip off (Deuteronomy 19:5; 2 Kings 6:5). For "axe" in Isaiah 44:12 margin; Jeremiah 10:3, ma'atzad , others trans. a "knife" or "chisel," such as a carver of wood idols would use. But KJV is good sense and good Hebrew; the "axe" is meant as the instrument to cut down the tree in the forest. Μappeetz (Jeremiah 51:20), "battle axe," a heavy mace or maul, whence Charles Martel was designated. Κasshil occurs only once, Psalms 74:6, a large axe.