4050. megerah
Strong's Concordance
megerah: a saw
Original Word: מְגֵרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: megerah
Phonetic Spelling: (meg-ay-raw')
Short Definition: saws
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מְגֵרָה noun feminine saw (Late Hebrew id., perhaps from its harsh dragging sound) — מְגֵרָה 2 Samuel 12:31 a + 2 t.; plural מְגֵרוֺת 1 Chronicles 20:3 (< מַגְזְרוֺת 2 Samuel 12:31 b) — saw, used in cutting stone מְגֹרָרוֺת בַּמְּגֵרָה 1 Kings 7:9; used in torture (or as tools for enforced labour) of captives 2 Samuel 12:31 a 1 Chronicles 20:3 a.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
axe, saw

From garar; a saw -- axe, saw.

see HEBREW garar

Forms and Transliterations
בַּ֠מְּגֵרָה בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה במגרה וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת ובמגרות bam·mə·ḡê·rāh Bammegerah bamməḡêrāh ū·ḇam·mə·ḡê·rō·wṯ ūḇamməḡêrōwṯ uvammegeRot
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bam·mə·ḡê·rāh — 3 Occ.
ū·ḇam·mə·ḡê·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.

2 Samuel 12:31
HEB: הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֣שֶׂם בַּ֠מְּגֵרָה וּבַחֲרִצֵ֨י הַבַּרְזֶ֜ל
NAS: were in it, and set [them] under saws, sharp
KJV: that [were] therein, and put [them] under saws, and under harrows
INT: brought and set saws sharp iron

1 Kings 7:9
HEB: גָּזִ֔ית מְגֹרָר֥וֹת בַּמְּגֵרָ֖ה מִבַּ֣יִת וּמִח֑וּץ
NAS: sawed with saws, inside
KJV: sawed with saws, within
INT: of stone sawed saws within the outside

1 Chronicles 20:3
HEB: הוֹצִ֗יא וַיָּ֨שַׂר בַּמְּגֵרָ֜ה וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙
NAS: [were] in it, and cut [them] with saws and with sharp instruments
KJV: that [were] in it, and cut [them] with saws, and with harrows
INT: brought and cut saws sharp of iron

1 Chronicles 20:3
HEB: וּבַחֲרִיצֵ֤י הַבַּרְזֶל֙ וּבַמְּגֵר֔וֹת וְכֵן֙ יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה
NAS: and with sharp instruments and with axes. And thus
KJV: of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt
INT: sharp of iron axes and thus did

4 Occurrences

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