The Definition of the word Mattock

Mattock

(1.) Heb. ma'eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isa. 7:25); a weeding-hoe. "(2.) Heb. mahareshah (1 Sam. 13:1), perhaps the ploughshare or coulter. "(3.) Heb. herebh, marg. of text (2 Chr. 34:6). Authorized "Version, "with their mattocks," marg. "mauls." The Revised" "Version renders "in their ruins," marg. "with their axes." The" Hebrew text is probably corrupt.