What does מַפֵּץ mean in the Bible?
e. a war club".
Hebrew · H4661
מַפֵּץ
A smiter , i.e. a war club
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מַפֵּץ H4661
What does מַפֵּץ mean in the Bible?
מַפֵּץ is a Hebrew word meaning "a smiter , i.e. a war club".
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How does the BSB render H4661?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include war club (1).
Where does מַפֵּץ appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Jeremiah 51:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Jeremiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It war club 1× Jeremiah 51:20
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First aligned row Jeremiah 51:20
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Jeremiah 1
Source forms
מַפֵּץ־ 1x map·pêṣ- Jeremiah 51:20
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 1x Jeremiah 51:20
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a smiter , i.e. a war club
Source Gloss
a smiter , i.e. a war club
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a smiter, i.e. a war club BDB: war-club Usage: battle ax.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
מַפֵּץ is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain