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== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36609" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_36609" /> == | ||
<p> A hammer: | <p> A hammer: '''''Meefits''''' , '''''Mafts''''' ( Proverbs 25:18). In Jeremiah 51:20 translated "maul" for "battle axe." So Jeremiah 50:23 [[Babylon]] "the hammer of the whole earth," i.e. the mace or war club; as the king of the [[Franks]] was [[Charles]] "Martel," i.e. little hammer. ( Nahum 2:1.) </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_142295" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_142295" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 07:04, 15 October 2021
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]
A hammer: Meefits , Mafts ( Proverbs 25:18). In Jeremiah 51:20 translated "maul" for "battle axe." So Jeremiah 50:23 Babylon "the hammer of the whole earth," i.e. the mace or war club; as the king of the Franks was Charles "Martel," i.e. little hammer. ( Nahum 2:1.)
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel; to wound in a coarse manner.
(2): ( n.) A heavy wooden hammer or beetle.
(3): ( v. t.) To injure greatly; to do much harm to.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [3]
Maul. ( that is, A Hammer). A sort of battleaxe or hammer, used as an implement of war. Proverbs 25:18.
King James Dictionary [4]
MAUL, n. L. malleus. See Mall.
A heavy wooden hammer written also mall.
MAUL, To beat and bruise with a heavy stick or cudgel to wound in a coarse manner.
Meek modern faith to murder, hack and maul.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [5]
Proverbs 25:18 (c) A false friend is compared to this instrument which is used to crush, damage and injure that upon which it is used.
Morrish Bible Dictionary [6]
mephits. Mallet or war-club for breaking in pieces or attacking. Proverbs 25:18 .
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [7]
MAUL. See Armour and Arms, § 1 ( f ).
Holman Bible Dictionary [8]
Proverbs 25:18
Easton's Bible Dictionary [9]
Proverbs 25:18
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [10]
môl ( מפיץ , mēphı̄c , literally, "a breaker," "a club," "mace," "mattock"): A smashing weapon like the oriental war-club or the clubs always carried by the shepherds of Lebanon ( Proverbs 25:18; compare Jeremiah 51:20 margin).
References
- ↑ Maul from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from Webster's Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from King James Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
- ↑ Maul from Morrish Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
- ↑ Maul from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Maul from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
