The Definition of the word Hammer

Hammer

(1.) Heb. pattish, used by gold-beaters (Isa. 41:7) and by quarry-men (Jer. 23:29). Metaphorically of Babylon (Jer. 50:23) or Nebuchadnezzar. "(2.) Heb. makabah, a stone-cutter's mallet (1 Kings 6:7), or of any workman (Judg. 4:21; Isa. 44:12). "(3.) Heb. halmuth, a poetical word for a workman's hammer, found "only in Judg. 5:26, where it denotes the mallet with which the" pins of the tent of the nomad are driven into the ground. "(4.) Heb. mappets, rendered "battle-axe" in Jer. 51:20. This was "properly a "mace," which is thus described by Rawlinson: "The" "Assyrian mace was a short, thin weapon, and must either have" been made of a very tough wood or (and this is more probable) of "metal. It had an ornamented head, which was sometimes very" "beautifully modelled, and generally a strap or string at the" "lower end by which it could be grasped with greater firmness."