H7134 H7134
axe (a cutting tool for felling trees and clearing wood)
A noun for the axe, a heavy woodcutting implement. Abimelech takes his axe to cut branches on Mount Zalmon in his assault on the tower of Shechem (Judges 9:48). In 1 Samuel 13:20–21 it appears among the farming tools the Israelites must have sharpened by the Philistines, revealing their subjugation. Psalm 74:5 pictures the enemy smashing the temple's carved woodwork with axes, and Jeremiah 46:22 compares the invading army to woodcutters advancing with axes. Spanish 'hachas' and French 'hache' preserve the same implement.
Senses
1. sense 1 — An axe used for felling trees and chopping wood, both in literal and military contexts. Spanish 'hacha(s)' and French 'hache' consistently render this woodcutting implement. Judges 9:48 features Abimelech wielding his axe to cut branches for a siege; 1 Samuel 13:20–21 lists axes among the iron tools Israelites could not sharpen without Philistine permission; Psalm 74:5 depicts the destruction of the temple's carved panels with axes; and Jeremiah 46:22 compares Egypt's invaders to lumberjacks advancing with axes. 5×
AR["الـ-فُؤُوس", "بِ-الفُؤوسِ", "قُدُومَهُ", "وَ-لِـ-الـ-قُدُومِ", "وَبِفُؤُوسٍ"]·ben["আর-কুঠারগুলির-জন্য", "এবং-কুঠারগুলি-সহ", "কুড়াল", "তার-কুঠারকে"]·DE["[ובקרדמות]", "axes", "der-axes", "sein-axe", "und-fuer-der-axes"]·EN["and-for-the-axes", "and-with-axes", "axes", "his-axe", "the-axes"]·FR["[ובקרדמות]", "et-pour-le-axes", "hache", "le-axes", "son-axe"]·heb["ה-קרדומות", "ו-ב-קרדומות", "ו-ל-קרדומים", "קרדומו", "קרדומות"]·HI["अपनी-कुल्हाड़ी", "और-कुल्हाड़ियों-के-लिए", "और-में-कुल्हाड़ियों", "कुल्हाड़ियोंको"]·ID["dan-dengan-kapak-kapak", "dan-untuk-kapak", "kapak", "kapak-kapak", "kapaknya"]·IT["[ובקרדמות]", "[קרדמות]", "e-per-il-axes", "il-axes", "suo-axe"]·jav["kapak", "lan-kangge-wadung", "lan-mawi-kapak", "wadung", "wadung-ipun"]·KO["그리고-그-도끼들에", "그리고-도끼들로-", "그의-도끼를", "도끼들", "도끼들-을"]·PT["e-com-machados", "e-para-os-machados", "machados", "os-machados", "seu-machado"]·RU["и-за-топоры", "и-с-топорами", "топор-свой", "топоры"]·ES["hacha-de-él", "hachas", "las-hachas", "y-con-hachas", "y-para-las-hachas"]·SW["mashoka", "na-kwa-mashoka", "shoka", "shoka-lake"]·TR["baltalarla", "baltaları", "baltasını", "ve-baltalar-için", "ve-de-baltalarla"]·urd["اور-کلہاڑیوں-سے", "اور-کلہاڑیوں-کے-لیے", "اپنی-کلہاڑی", "کلہاڑیاں", "کلہاڑے"]
Related Senses
H2719 1. sword, weapon of war (410×)H4196 1. altar (place of sacrifice) (403×)H7393 1. chariot, chariotry (117×)H7198 1. bow (weapon) (72×)H7979 1. table (71×)H7782 1. ram's horn trumpet (69×)H4294 2. staff, rod, scepter (63×)H4043 1. shield, defensive weapon (60×)H0646 1. ephod (priestly garment) (49×)H8504 1. blue (violet-blue yarn/fabric) (49×)H2595 1. spear, lance (48×)H2671 1. arrow, projectile weapon (46×)H4818 1. chariot, war-chariot (44×)H3658 1. lyre, harp (stringed instrument) (42×)H1537 1. Gilgal (place name) (41×)H0713 1. purple (fabric/dye) (38×)H0905 3. poles, staves (37×)H7392 1. Qal participle: rider, charioteer (37×)H4501 1. cultic lampstand (menorah) (36×)H0212 1. wheel (35×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [קַרְדֹּם] n.[m.] axe (√ unknown; cf. NH קַרְדֹּם double hoe, one side of which could split wood, VogelstLandwirthsch. 37; Arabic قَدُّومٌ, قَدُوم adze is loan-wd. according to Frä84);—sf. קַרְדֻּמּוֹ 1 S 13:20 + Ju 9:48 (so prob. read for הַקַּרְדֻּמוֹת, A 𝔊L τ. ἀξίνην, GFM Bu Now); pl. קַרְדֻּמִּים 1 S 13:21, קַרְדֻּמּוֹת Je 46:22 ψ 74:5.