עֵטʻêṭ

stylus

Pronunciation: ate · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5842

Meanings

1. of iron, for use on stone or metal (Jeremiah 17:1; Job 19:24)

2. probably = reed-pen, used on roll (Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 36:23; Jeremiah 8:8)

Same root

עִיטʻîyṭ · H5860to swoop down upon (literally or figuratively)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Job 19:24 carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead, engraved forever in the rock.
Psalms 45:1 Beautiful words stir my heart. I will recite a lovely poem about the king, for my tongue is like the pen of a skillful poet.
Jeremiah 8:8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the Lord,” when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?
Jeremiah 17:1 “The sin of Judah is inscribed with an iron chisel— engraved with a diamond point on their stony hearts and on the corners of their altars.

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).