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<p> '''1.''' &nbsp;Deuteronomy 21:12, "pare her (a captive woman's) nails," namely, in order that she might lay aside all belonging to her condition as an alien, to become a wife among the covenant people. Margin: "suffer to grow," the opposite sense, will refer to her seclusion a month in mourning with shaven head and unpared nails. The former seems preferable, answering to her "putting the raiment of her captivity from her." </p> <p> '''2.''' Μismerim , masmerim , masmerot . &nbsp;Isaiah 41:7; "fastened (the idol) with nails" to keep it steady in its place! &nbsp;Jeremiah 10:4; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 22:3; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:9, where the "fifty shekels of gold" were to gild the nails fastening the sheet gold on the wainscoting; &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:11, "words of the wise are as nails fastened (by) the master of assemblies," rather "the masters" or "associates in the collection (of the canonical Scriptures), i.e. authors of the individual books, are as nails driven in." (Hengstenberg). </p> <p> [[Scripture]] has a power penetrating as a nail the depths of the soul, worldly literature reaches only the surface. So &nbsp;Revelation 1:16; &nbsp;Hebrews 4:12; though the associated sacred writers are many, yet they "are given from One Shepherd," Jesus (&nbsp;Ephesians 4:11), the Inspirer of the word, from whom comes all their penetrating power (&nbsp;2 Timothy 3:16). A canon whereby to judge sermons: they are worth nothing unless, like Scripture, they resemble goads and nails. The hearers too, instead of being vexed, should feel thankful when by the word they are "pricked in their heart" (&nbsp;Acts 2:37; &nbsp;Ephesians 6:17; &nbsp;Psalms 45:3). </p> <p> '''3.''' The large pin (&nbsp;Judges 4:21-22; &nbsp;Judges 5:26) by which the tent cords were fastened, giving shape and security to the tent. [[Jael]] drove it into Sisera's temples. The tabernacle curtains were fastened with brass pins (&nbsp;Exodus 27:19). In &nbsp;Zechariah 10:4, "out of him (Judah) shall come forth the nail," namely, the large peg inside the Eastern tent, on which is hung most of its valuable furniture. Judah shall be under a native ruler, not a foreigner; the [[Maccabees]] primarily, Judah's deliverers from the oppressor [[Antiochus]] Epiphanes: antitypically [[Messiah]] of the tribe of Judah. </p> <p> On Messiah hang all the glory and hope of His people. The "nail," as expressing firmness, stands for a secure abode (&nbsp;Ezra 9:8), "grace hath been showed from the Lord ... to give us a nail in His holy place" So &nbsp;Isaiah 22:23-25, "I will fasten him (Eliakim) as a nail in a sure place ... and they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue (high and low), all vessels of small quantity ... cups ... flagons (compare &nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 4:4; &nbsp;1 Kings 10:16-17; &nbsp;1 Kings 10:21). The nail fastened in the sure place (Shebna) shall be ... cut down and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off," i.e. all Shebna's offspring and dependants and all his emoluments and honours shall fall with himself, as the ornaments hanging upon a peg fall when it falls. </p> <p> [[Vessels]] of glory hanging on Christ vary in capacity; but each shall be filled as full of bliss as the respective capacity admits (&nbsp;Luke 19:17; &nbsp;Luke 19:19). The print of the nails in Jesus' hands and feet were Thomas' test of the reality of the resurrection (&nbsp;John 20:25). In Christ's person "nailed to the cross," the law (&nbsp;Romans 3:21; &nbsp;Romans 7:2-6; &nbsp;Colossians 2:14) and the old serpent (&nbsp;John 3:14; &nbsp;John 12:31-32) were nailed to it. A mode of canceling bonds in Asia was by striking a nail through the writing (Grotius). </p>

<div> '''A — 1: ἧλος ''' (Strong'S #2247 — Noun Masculine — helos — hay'-los ) </div> <p> occurs in the remarks of [[Thomas]] regarding the print of the nails used in Christ's crucifixion, &nbsp;John 20:25 . </p> <div> '''B — 1: προσηλόω ''' (Strong'S #4338 — Verb — proseloo — pros-ay-lo'-o ) </div> <p> "to nail to" (pros, "to," and a verbal form of A), is used in &nbsp;Colossians 2:14 , in which the figure of a bond (ordinances of the Law) is first described as cancelled, and then removed; the idea in the verb itself is not that of the cancellation, to which the taking out of the way was subsequent, but of nailing up the removed thing in triumph to the cross. The death of Christ not only rendered the Law useless as a means of salvation, but gave public demonstration that it was so. </p>

<li> Masmer, a "point," the usual word for a nail. The words of the wise are compared to "nails fastened by the masters of assemblies" (&nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:11 , A.V.). The Revised Version reads, "as nails well fastened are the words of the masters," etc. Others (as Plumptre) read, "as nails fastened are the masters of assemblies" (Compare &nbsp;Isaiah 22:23; &nbsp;Ezra 9:8 ). David prepared nails for the temple (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 22:3; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:9 ). The nails by which our Lord was fixed to the cross are mentioned (&nbsp;John 20:25; &nbsp;Colossians 2:14 ). <p> [[Nail]] of the finger (Heb. tsipporen, "scraping"). To "pare the nails" is in &nbsp;Deuteronomy 21:12 (marg., "make," or "dress," or "suffer to grow") one of the signs of purification, separation from former heathenism (Compare &nbsp; Leviticus 14:8; &nbsp;Numbers 8:7 ). In &nbsp;Jeremiah 17:1 this word is rendered "point." </p> <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Nail'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/n/nail.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>

<p> &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:9 (c) The fact that the weight of the nails is given may be taken as a picture of the value GOD puts on unseen acts and deeds. He knows that which is done in obscurity, privately and without publicity. He weighs our words and deeds as they are used for His glory. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ezra 9:8 (b) This represents the fixed and permanent position of the people of [[Israel]] when GOD returns them to their own land. </p> <p> &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:11 (a) [[Wise]] words fasten themselves in the heart and the mind. They remain there for a blessing in days to come. </p> <p> &nbsp;Isaiah 22:23 (a) By this picture we see the permanent and secure position of CHRIST, the Messiah, as He sits on the throne of His kingdom. Temporarily the nail and the place have been removed, but He is still Lord, and will resume His position as the King of Israel in the day of His power. </p> <p> &nbsp;Zechariah 10:4 (b) This figure indicates that it is GOD Himself who has made [[Christ]] to be King and Sovereign. He establishes both Israel and the Church under His permanent and eventual rule. </p> <p> &nbsp;Colossians 2:14 (a) We have revealed to us in this picture the act of GOD in putting our sins on JESUS, so that He bore them "in His own body on the tree." </p>

<p> '''Nail.''' </p> <p> 1. ''Of Finger.'' (a) A nail or claw of man or animal. </p> <p> (b) A point or style, for example, for writing; ''See '' &nbsp;Jeremiah 17:1''.'' </p> <p> 2. ''For Fastening.'' (a) A nail, &nbsp;Isaiah 11:7, a stake, &nbsp;Isaiah 33:20, also a tent-peg. Tent-pegs were usually of wood and of large size; but some times, as was the case with those used to fasten the curtains of the [[Tabernacle]] were of metal. &nbsp;Exodus 27:19; &nbsp;Exodus 38:20. </p> <p> (b) A nail, primarily a point. We are told that David prepared iron for the nails to be used in the Temple; and as the Holy of Holies was plated with gold, the nails for fastening the plates, were probably of gold. </p>

<p> [for fastening] is the rendering of two Heb. words in the A.V. </p> <p> '''1.''' יָתֵד '', Yathid'' (from ''Piercing),'' which usually denotes a (wooden) peg, pin, or nail (of any material), as driven into a wall (&nbsp;Ezekiel 15:3; &nbsp;Isaiah 22:25); and more especially a tent-pin driven into the earth by a mallet to fasten the tent (&nbsp;Exodus 27:19; &nbsp;Exodus 35:18; &nbsp;Exodus 38:31; &nbsp;Isaiah 33:20; &nbsp;Isaiah 54:2). It was one of these pins which Jael used in fastening to the ground the temples of Sisera (&nbsp;Judges 4:21-22). Hence to drive a pin or to fasten a nail presents among the Hebrews an image of a fixed dwelling, a firm and stable abode (&nbsp;Isaiah 22:23). This image is still frequent among the Arabs (see Marac. page 597; Beidav. Apud Salium, page 518). (See [[Tent]]). </p> <p> In the passages in Exodus these tabernaclepins are said to have been of copper (see Lightfoot. ''Spicil.'' in Exodus § 42; Joseph. ''Ant.'' 5:5, 4); in Judges the material is not mentioned; we should most naturallv think of some metal, yet the Sept. uses πάσσαλον, which suggests that it was a wooden pin. A pin or nail is also, by a further application of the metaphor, applied to a prince, on whom the care and welfare of the state depends (Zecheriah 10:4), where the term פַּנָּה, ''Corner-Stone,'' is applied to the same person denoted by the word "nail." So also &nbsp;Ezra 9:8. All these allusions refer to large nails, or pins, or cramps, used in applications requiring great strength. See Thdmson, ''Land And Book,'' 3:149. </p> <p> '''2.''' מִסְמֵר, ''Masmer''' (a ''Point,'' only in the plur.; also מִסְמְרוֹת, &nbsp;Jeremiah 10:4; מַסְמְרַים, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 22:3; מִסְמְרַים, &nbsp;Isaiah 41:7), is applied to ordinary and ornamental nails. There is in &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:11 a very significant proverbial application, "The words of the wise are as nails fastened," etc.; that is, "they sink deep into the heart of man." In this passage the figure is generally understood to refer to nails driven into a wall, but which Ginsburg understands of the tent-pins above mentioned, whose use for holding fast is contrasted with the use of goads for driving cattle forward, the entire verse in his opinion having reference to pastoral life. The golden nails of the [[Temple]] are denoted by this word. We are told that David prepared iron for the nails to be used in the Temple; and as the holy of holies was plated with gold, the nails also for fastening the plates were probably of gold. Their weight is said to have been fifty shekels, equal to twenty-five ounces, a weight obviously so much too small, unless mere gilding be supposed, for the total weight required, that the Sept. and Vulg. render it as expressing that of each nail, which is equally excessive. To remedly this difficulty, Thenius suggests reading five hundred for fifty shekels (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 22:3; &nbsp;2 Chronicles 3:9; Bertheau, ''On Chronicles,'' in ''Kuazgef. Handb.).'' </p> <p> "Nail," Vulg. palus, is the rendering of πάσσαλος in &nbsp;Sirach 27:2. In the N.T. we have ἣλος and προσηλόω in speaking of the nails of the Cross (&nbsp;John 20:25; &nbsp;Colossians 2:14). (See [[Cross]]). </p>

<p> ''''' nāl ''''' : (1) As denoting the finger-nail, the Hebrew word is צפּרן , <i> ''''' cippōren ''''' </i> &nbsp; Deuteronomy 21:12 , the captive woman "shall shave her head, and pare her nails." The latter was probably intended to prevent her from marring her beauty by scratching her face, an act of self-mutilation oriental women are repeatedly reported to have committed in the agony of their grief. [[Aramaic]] טפר , <i> '''''ṭephar''''' </i> (&nbsp;Daniel 4:33 , "his nails like birds' claws"). (2) As pin or peg (for tents, or driven into the wall) the word is יתד , <i> '''''yāthēdh''''' </i> (in &nbsp;Judges 4:21 the Revised Version (British and American), "tent-pin"); in &nbsp; Isaiah 22:23 , "a nail in a sure place" is a peg firmly driven into the wall on which something is to be hung (&nbsp;Isaiah 22:24 ); compare &nbsp;Ecclesiastes 12:11 , where the word is <i> '''''masmerōth''''' </i> , cognate with <i> '''''maṣmēr''''' </i> below. (3) For nails of iron &nbsp;1 Chronicles 22:3 and gold &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 3:9 , and in &nbsp;Isaiah 41:7 and &nbsp; Jeremiah 10:4 , the word is מסמר , <i> '''''masmēr''''' </i> . (4) In the New [[Testament]] the word is helos, used of the nails in Christ's hands &nbsp;John 20:25 , and "to nail" in &nbsp;Colossians 2:14 ("nailing it to the cross") is προσηλόω , <i> '''''prosēlóō''''' </i> . </p> <p> In a figurative sense the word is used of the hard point of a stylus or engraving tool: "The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point (literally, "claw," "nail") of a diamond: it is graven upon the tablet of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars" &nbsp;Jeremiah 17:1 . </p>