King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H4525
Transliteration: masger
Phonetic Spelling: (mas-gare')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a locksmith, smith, a dungeon
Meaning: a fastener, a smith, a prison
Word Summary
masger: a locksmith, smith, a dungeon
Original Word: מַסְגֵּרTransliteration: masger
Phonetic Spelling: (mas-gare')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a locksmith, smith, a dungeon
Meaning: a fastener, a smith, a prison
Strong's Concordance
prison, smith From cagar; a fastener, i.e. (of a person) a smith, (of a thing) a prison -- prison, smith.
see HEBREW cagar
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4525. masger
מַסְגֵּר noun [masculine]
1 locksmith, smith.
2 dungeon: — always absolute:
1 collective smiths, ׳וְהַמּ וְכָלהֶֿחָרָשׁ 2 Kings 24:14 compare 24:16, Jeremiah 24:1; 29:2.
2 dungeon Isaiah 24:22 (compare סגר Pu`al); figurative of exile 42:7 (מִמּ ׳הוֺצִיא); מִמּ ׳הוֺצִיאָה נַפְשִׁי Psalm 142:8.