Difference between revisions of "Penknife"
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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53315" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53315" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> | <p> <strong> [[Penknife]] </strong> [[Mentioned]] only in Jeremiah 36:23 . Orientals use a reed pen in writing, and always carry a knife for the purpose of mending it. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155304" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_155304" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_54976" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_54976" /> == | ||
<p> (תִּעִר הִסֹּפֶר , | <p> ( '''''תִּעִר''''' '''''הִסֹּפֶר''''' '', Tdar Has-Sopher,'' Jeremiah 36:23). The translation of this phrase by "penknife," is substantially correct, but a more literal rendering, "the scrivener's knife," would have been preferable; this was used to sharpen the point of the writing-reed. (See [[Knife]]); (See Writing). </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:33, 15 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Penknife Mentioned only in Jeremiah 36:23 . Orientals use a reed pen in writing, and always carry a knife for the purpose of mending it.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.
King James Dictionary [3]
PEN'KNIFE, n. See Pen and Knife. A small knife used for making and mending pens.
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( תִּעִר הִסֹּפֶר , Tdar Has-Sopher, Jeremiah 36:23). The translation of this phrase by "penknife," is substantially correct, but a more literal rendering, "the scrivener's knife," would have been preferable; this was used to sharpen the point of the writing-reed. (See Knife); (See Writing).
