פַּטִּישׁpaṭṭîysh
forge-hammer (Jeremiah 50:23; Isaiah 41:7; Jeremiah 23:29)
Pronunciation: pat-teesh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6360
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 41:7 The carver encourages the goldsmith, and the molder helps at the anvil. “Good,” they say. “It’s coming along fine.” Carefully they join the parts together, then fasten the thing in place so it won’t fall over.
- Jeremiah 23:29 Does not my word burn like fire?” says the Lord. “Is it not like a mighty hammer that smashes a rock to pieces?
- Jeremiah 50:23 Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
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).