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Tongs
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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is the rendering, in the A.V., of two Heb. words:
1. מֶלְקָחִיַם, melkacha yinr (1 Kings 7:49; 2 Chronicles 4:21; Isaiah 6:6'), or מִלְקָחִיַם, malkachac yin (Exodus 25:38; 27:23 ["snuffers" ]; Numbers 4:9), both from לָקִח, to take, and signifying prop. pincers, either for holding coals or for trimming a lamp, (See SNUFFERS); and
2. מִעֲצָד, maatsad (Isaiah 44:12), an axe (q.v.) (as rendered in Jeremiah 10:3), from עָצִד, to fell a tree.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Tongs'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/tongs.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Tongs'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/t/tongs.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
