Bible Dictionaries
Nail

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Nail.

1. Of finger. (a) A nail or claw of man or animal.

(b) A point or style, for example, for writing; See Jeremiah 17:1.

2. For fastening. (a) A nail, Isaiah 11:7, a stake, Isaiah 33:20, also a tent-peg. Tent-pegs were usually of wood and of large size; but some times, as was the case with those used to fasten the curtains of the Tabernacle were of metal. Exodus 27:19; Exodus 38:20.

(b) A nail, primarily a point. We are told that David prepared iron for the nails to be used in the Temple; and as the Holy of Holies was plated with gold, the nails for fastening the plates, were probably of gold.

Bibliography Information
Smith, William, Dr. Entry for 'Nail'. Smith's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​sbd/​n/nail.html. 1901.