Definition

properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)

Etymology

from H5344 (נָקַב);

Word family

• נָקַב nâqab

How the KJV renders it

• hammer

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.