Definition

iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

Etymology

perhaps from the root of H1269 (בִּרְזוֹת);

Word family

• בִּרְזוֹת Birzôwth

How the KJV renders it

• (ax) head
• iron

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.