Bible Encyclopedias
Tongs
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
tongz ( מלקחים , melḳāḥayim ): This word is, where it occurs in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, with two exceptions, changed in the American Standard Revised Version into "snuffers" ( Exodus 25:38; Numbers 4:9; 2 Chronicles 4:21; see SNUFFERS ), The exceptions are 1 Kings 7:49 , "tongs of gold," and Isaiah 6:6 , "taken with the tongs from off the altar."
In Isaiah 44:12 , where another word (מעצד , ma‛ăcādh ) is used, "the smith with the tongs" of the King James Version is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into "the smith maketh an axe" (compare Jeremiah 10:3 ). See also ALTAR; TOOLS .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Tongs'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/t/tongs.html. 1915.