BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G6191
akmōn — anvil
1. originally probably a thunderbolt , ἄκμων οὐρανόθεν κατιών (Hesiod) 2. an anvil , (Homer), etc.: metaphorically, λόγχης ἄκμονες very anvils to bear blows, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6471
pa.am — beat
1) stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence 1a) foot, hoof-beat, footfall, footstep 1b) anvil 1c) occurrence, time, stroke, beat 1c1) one time, once, twice, thrice, as time on time, at this repetition, this once, now at length, now...now, at one time...at another
107 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8986
puthmēn — a lower branch
1. the hollow bottom or stand of a cup , Lat. fundus, (Iliad by Homer), etc. 2. of the sea, the bottom, depth , (Hesiod), etc. 3. the bottom or foundation of a thing, in plural, χθόνα ἐκ πυθμένων κραδαίνειν (Aeschulus Tragicus); ἐκ π. ἔκλινε κλῇθρα (Sophocles Tragicus); δίκας π. the anvil-stand on which is forged the sword of retribution, (Sophocles Tragicus) 4. the bottom, stock, root of a tree , (Odyssey by Homer):—;metaphorically the stem or stock of a family, (Aeschulus Tragicus); σμικροῦ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν σπέρματος π. μέγας, i. e. great things might come from small, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →The rendering of the Hebrew word , “beaten,” found only in Isa. 41:7.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
