Strong's Definition
from 5344; properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
KJV Usage: hammer, hole
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַקֶּ֫בֶת (maq.qe.vet) — hammer. hammer, perforator Also means: maq.qa.vah (מַקָּבָה "hammer" H4717)
מַקֶּבֶת (maq.qe.vet) — hole. hole, excavation, perforation
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · נקב
Tools | ≈ גַּרְזֶן
hammer = instrument of about 30 centimeters long, consisting of a handle, usually made of wood, to which was attached a stone, wooden, or (less frequently) metal head; ► used for many purposes, including the breaking or dressing of building stones, pounding nails or pegs into wood, or pounding pegs into the ground; also used by blacksmiths to shape hot metal
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַקֶּ֫בֶת n.f. hammer (by means of which one drives in nails and pegs) base
מַקֶּבֶת n.f. hole, excavation;—only cstr. Is 51:1 ref