Strong's Lexicon

H855

H855 — אֵת

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

Hebrewethnoun mascOccurrences: 5TWOT: 192a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H855
Word:אֵת
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:of uncertain derivation
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:5
Transliteration:eth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ayth
Meaning:1. a hoe or other digging implement
KJV Renderings:coulter, plowshare.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB858

III. אֵת see אתת .


אַתָּה, אַתְּ, אַתְּי see below אנת.


BDB869

III. [אֵת] noun [masculine] a cutting instrument of iron, usually translated ploughshare — singular suffix אֵתוֺ 1Sam 13:20 plural אֵתִים 1Sam 13:21, אִתִּים Isa 2:4 = Mic 4:3 suffix אִתֵּיכֶם Joel 4:10 according to Klo and others also 2Kgs 6:5 אֶתהַֿבַּרְזֶל, i.e. the axe of iron.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

את (ehth)

Isaiah 2:4

KJV: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.pruninghooks: or, scythes
EHCC: beat their swords into plowshares,

Joel 3:10

KJV: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.pruninghooks: or, scythes
EHCC: (4:10). Beat your plowshares into

Micah 4:3

KJV: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.pruninghooks: or, scythes
EHCC: beat their swords info plowshares, |
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