Bible Dictionary · M
Mattock
(1.) Heb. ma’eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isa 7:25); a weeding-hoe.
(2.) Heb. mahareshah (1 Sam 13:1), perhaps the ploughshare or coulter.
(3.) Heb. herebh, marg. of text (2 Chr 34:6). Authorized Version, “with their mattocks,” marg. “mauls.” The Revised Version renders “in their ruins,” marg. “with their axes.” The Hebrew text is probably corrupt.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
