Strong's Lexicon

H4050

H4050 — מְגֵרָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmgerahnoun femOccurrences: 4TWOT: 386e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4050
Word:	מְגֵרָה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	from H1641
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	4
Transliteration:	mgerah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	meg-ay-raw'
Meaning:	1. a saw
KJV Renderings:	axe, saw.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1762

מְגֵרָה noun feminine saw (Late Hebrew id., perhaps from its harsh dragging sound) — מְגֵרָה 2Sam 12:31 a + 2 t.; plural מְגֵרוֺת 1Chr 20:3 (< מַגְזְרוֺת 2Sam 12:31 b) — saw, used in cutting stone מְגֹרָרוֺת בַּמְּגֵרָה 1Kgs 7:9 used in torture (or as tools for enforced labour) of captives 2Sam 12:31 a 1Chr 20:3 a.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מגרה (’geh-r)

1 Kings 7:9

KJV: All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

EHCC: hewed stones, sawed with saws,

1 Chronicles 20:3

KJV: And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

EHCC: cut (them) with saws, and with harrow:

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