H4050 מְגֵרָה (mᵉgêrâh) meg-ay-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

saw

Strong's Definition

a saw

Derivation: from H1641 (גָּרַר);

KJV Usage: axe, saw.

TWOT Reference: 386e

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) saw (for stone cutting)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מְגֵרָה (me.ge.rah) — saw. saw (for stone cutting)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מְגֵרָה (H4050)

noun f · גרר

Tools

stone plane, stone file = heavy metal instrument with a wide rough surface, like that of a file; ► pushed and pulled across the surface of the stone until it is quite smooth

2SA 12:31 · 1KI 7:9 · 1CH 20:3 · 1CH 20:3

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְגֵרָה n.f. saw base

Bible Occurrences (3)

12:31

7:9

20:3

2 Samuel 12:31

[David] brought out the people who [were] there and put [them to work] with saws, iron picks, and axes -, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite... cities. Then [David] and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

1 Kings 7:9

All these [buildings] were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Chronicles 20:3

[David] brought out the people who [were] there and put [them to work] with saws, iron picks, and axes. And [he] did the same to all the Ammonite... cities. Then [David] and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.