Bible Dictionaries
Ax
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
Tool or weapon generally with wooden handle and edged metal head, in art associated with
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Saint Bartholomew, Apostle, probably by analogy for knife with which he was slain;
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Saint Boniface, who used it to cut down a tree dedicated to Thor;
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Saint Matthew, Apostle, by analogy for sword with which possibly he was killed;
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Saint Matthew of Beauvais, beheaded;
- Saint Olaf of Norway, who carried an ax in battle.
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Entry for 'Ax'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/ax.html. 1910.