H7134 קַרְדֹּם (qardôm) kar-dome'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

axe

Strong's Definition

an axe

Derivation: perhaps from H6923 (קָדַם) in the sense of striking upon;

KJV Usage: ax.

TWOT Reference: 2067

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) axe

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G513

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קַרְדֹּם (qar.dom) — axe. axe

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קַרְדֹּם (H7134) SAHD

noun m

Tools | ≈ אֵת · מַחֲרֵשָׁה

adze = wooden handle with a metal blade, sharpened on one face, perpendicular to the handle; ► used for cutting down trees and shaping timber

JDG 9:48 · 1SA 13:20 · 1SA 13:21 · PSA 74:5 · JER 46:22

Graham S. Ogden; P.J. Williams

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[קַרְדֹּם] n.[m.] axe base

Bible Occurrences (5)

9:48

13:20 13:21

74:5

46:22

Judges 9:48

he and all his men went up to Mount Zalmon.... Abimelech took his axe in his hand and cut a branch from the trees, which he lifted to his shoulder, saying to his men -, Hurry and do what you have seen me do....

1 Samuel 13:20

Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen... their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.

1 Samuel 13:21

The charge was a pim for [sharpening] a plowshare or mattock, a third [of a shekel] for [sharpening] a pitchfork or an axe, and [a third of a shekel] for repointing an oxgoad.

Jeremiah 46:22

Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent, for the enemy will advance in force; with axes they will come against her like woodsmen cutting down trees....