H4718 מַקֶּבֶת

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

מַקֶּבֶת

maqqebeth · mak-keh'-beth

Definition

properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry

KJV Renderings

hammer, hole.

Derivation / Etymology

from H5344 (נָקַב);

KJV Verses (2)

Judges 4:21Then Jael Heber’s wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.