TONGS
Tongs
is the rendering, in the A.V., of two Heb. words:
1. , melkacha yinr (1Ki 7:49; 2Ch 4:21; Isa 6:6′), or , malkachac yin (Exodus 25:38; 27:23 [snuffers ]; Num 4:9), both from , to take, and signifying prop. pincers, either for holding coals or for trimming a lamp, SEE SNUFFERS; and
2. , maatsad (Isa 44:12), an axe (q.v.) (as rendered in Jer 10:3), from , to fell a tree.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Tongs
TONGS.See Arts and Crafts, 2; Tabernacle, 6 (b).
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Tongs
tongz (, melkahayim): This word is, where it occurs in the King James Version and the English Revised Version, with two exceptions, changed in the American Standard Revised Version into snuffers (Exo 25:38; Num 4:9; 2Ch 4:21; see SNUFFERS), The exceptions are 1Ki 7:49, tongs of gold, and Isa 6:6, taken with the tongs from off the altar.
In Isa 44:12, where another word (, maacadh) is used, the smith with the tongs of the King James Version is changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into the smith maketh an axe (compare Jer 10:3). See also ALTAR; TOOLS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Tongs
Exo 25:38; Num 4:9; 1Ki 7:49
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
TONGS
Exo 25:38