Hammer
Hammer
an indispensable tool designated by several Heb. terms:
1. Patiish’ (, connected etymologically with , to strike), which was used by the gold-beater (Isa 41:7, Sept. ) to overlay with silver and smooth the surface of the image, as well as by the quarryman (Jer 23:29, Sept. ); metaphorically of Babylon as a destructive agent (Jeremiah 1, 23, Sept. ). This seems to have been the heaviest instrument of the kind for hard blows.
2. Makkabah’ (), properly a tool for hollowing, hence a stonecutter’s mallet (1Ki 6:7), and generally any workman’s hammer (Jdg 4:21 [where the form is Smakke’beth]; Isa 44:12; Jer 10:4). In Isaiah the Sept. uses , a gimlet, in all the rest ; Vulg. malleus. SEE MACCABAEUS.
3. Halmuth’ (); used only in Jdg 5:26; Sept. , Vulg. mallei [q. d. ]; and then with the addition of the word workmen’s by way of explanation, as this is a poetical word, used instead of the preceding more prosaic term. The pins of the tent of the Bedouin are generally of wood, and are driven into the ground by a mallet, which is probably the hammer referred to in this passage (Thomson, Land and Book, 2, 149). Dr. Hackett observes (Amer. ed. of Smith’s Dict. s.v.) that it is spoken of as the hammer,’ being the one kept for that purpose; but the Hebrew term used in Judges 5, 26 (to which he refers) is without the art., which is employed, however, with that found in Jdg 4:21. SEE NAIL.
4. A kind of hammer, named mappets’ (), Jer 51:20 (A.V. battle-axe), or mephits’ (), Pro 25:18 (A.V. maul), was used as a weapon of war.
5. Only in the plur. (, keylappoth’, Sept. Vulg. ascice), a poetic term equivalent to the preceding (Psa 74:6). SEE HANDICRAFT.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Hammer
(1.) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of Babylon (Jer. 50:23) or Nebuchadnezzar.
(2.) Heb. makabah, a stone-cutter’s mallet (1 Kings 6:7), or of any workman (Judg. 4:21; Isa. 44:12).
(3.) Heb. halmuth, a poetical word for a workman’s hammer, found only in Judg. 5:26, where it denotes the mallet with which the pins of the tent of the nomad are driven into the ground.
(4.) Heb. mappets, rendered “battle-axe” in Jer. 51:20. This was properly a “mace,” which is thus described by Rawlinson: “The Assyrian mace was a short, thin weapon, and must either have been made of a very tough wood or (and this is more probable) of metal. It had an ornamented head, which was sometimes very beautifully modelled, and generally a strap or string at the lower end by which it could be grasped with greater firmness.”
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hammer
Besides its ordinary sense, used for any overwhelming power, earthly (Jer 50:23, “the hammer of the whole earth,” Babylon, as Martel, “little hammer,” was a title of the Frank king) or spiritual (Jer 23:29, “is not My word like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?”.) Compare Nah 2:1 margin
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Hammer
HAMMER.See Arts and Crafts, 1, 2, 3.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Hammer
hamer: The Hebrew , makkebheth, occurs in Jdg 4:21, where it refers to the mallet (probably wooden) used to drive tent-pins into the ground. The same word occurs in 1Ki 6:7; Isa 44:12; Jer 10:4 as applied to a workman’s hammer. , pattsh (compare Arabic, fats), occurs in Isa 41:7; Jer 23:29; Jer 50:23. It was probably a blacksmith’s hammer or heavy hammer used for breaking rock. There is doubt about the rendering of Jdg 5:26, where the word, , halmuth, occurs. From the context, the instrument mentioned was probably not a hammer. In Psa 74:6, , kelaph, is better translated axes, not hammers. See TOOLS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Hammer
General references
1Ki 6:7; Isa 41:7; Jer 10:4
Figurative
Jer 23:29; Jer 50:23
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Hammer
1Ki 6:7 (c) By this figure the Lord is informing us that the house of GOD is to be a divine institution, built in the quiet of His presence, and because of the still small voice teaching us. There is to be no dissension nor quarreling in regard to it. The Lord Himself makes each living stone a part of the building, and then He brings us together to form the local church made up of sinners already saved by grace. GOD’s church is not a product of man’s ideas.
Jer 23:29 (a) The Word of GOD is thus represented. There are many kinds of hammers such as the hammer of the blacksmith, the goldsmith, the carpenter, the stone mason, et cetera. Some are for heavy, rough work, others are for fine delicate work; so the Scriptures are used for every kind of need or purpose in life.
Jer 50:23 (a) This type is used to describe Babylon. GOD picked out the armies of Babylon to punish and to destroy the nations of the earth. He used Babylon to whip Israel and Judah. GOD has a perfect right to choose anyone He pleases, saved or unsaved, to carry out His purposes and His plans.