Midvash

מְגֵרָהmᵉgêrâh

saw (2 Samuel 12:31; 1 Chronicles 20:3; 1 Kings 7:9)

Pronunciation: meg-ay-raw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4050

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 12:31 He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, and to work in the brick kilns. That is how he dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
  • 1 Kings 7:9 From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.
  • 1 Chronicles 20:3 He also made slaves of the people of Rabbah and forced them to labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes. That is how David dealt with the people of all the Ammonite towns. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).