Ax
ax
Tool or weapon generally with wooden handle and edged metal head, in art associated with
Saint Bartholomew , Apostle , probably by analogy for knife with which he was slain;
Saint Boniface , who used it to cut down a tree dedicated to Thor;
Saint Matthew, Apostle, by analogy for sword with which possibly he was killed;
Saint Matthew of Beauvais, beheaded;
Saint Olaf of Norway , who carried an ax in battle.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Ax
An implement
Deu 19:5; 1Sa 13:20-21; 2Sa 12:31; Psa 74:5-6
Elisha causes to swim
2Ki 6:5-6
Battle ax
Eze 26:9
Figurative
Jer 46:22; Jer 51:20; Mat 3:10
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Ax
Isa 10:15 (a) This is a type of person or a nation whom GOD uses to punish other people or nations. Assyria was the ax in this case (Isa 10:5) and GOD’s hand and arm wielded the ax. Assyria is also compared to a saw, a rod, and a staff. All of these are just different aspects of the one nation of Assyria in the hand of GOD for the punishment of others. (See under “BATTLE AX”).
Mat 3:10 (b) Here the ax is a type of GOD’s judgment which will cut down the nation of Israel because of their disobedience and fruitlessness. This ax of GOD’s wrath also cuts down individuals whose lives are not profitable to GOD. (See also Jer 51:20).