מַחֲרֵשָׁה
ma.cha.re.shah
plowshare
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word מַחֲרֵשָׁה (H4281) is a noun that represents a plowshare. This tool is fundamental to agriculture, used to prepare soil for planting crops. Its direct translation into English gives us a clear understanding of its purpose and function. The word occurs three times in the Bible, suggesting its significance is not merely functional but may also hold symbolic meaning. Considering its association with agriculture, it might connote fertility and cultivation, highlighting the importance of land and labor in biblical contexts. The repetition of this word underscores its importance to the authors and communities that used it.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle.
1 Samuel 13:20but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle.
1 Samuel 13:21The price was one payim each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.