King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H4718
Transliteration: maqqebeth
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-keh'-beth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a hole, excavation
Meaning: a perforator, a hammer, a perforation, a quarry
Word Summary
maqqebeth: a hole, excavation
Original Word: מַקֶּבֶתTransliteration: maqqebeth
Phonetic Spelling: (mak-keh'-beth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a hole, excavation
Meaning: a perforator, a hammer, a perforation, a quarry
Strong's Concordance
hammer, hole From naqab; properly, a perforator, i.e. A hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. A quarry -- hammer, hole.
see HEBREW naqab
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H4718. maqqebeth
II. מַקֶּ֑בֶת noun feminine hole, excavation; — only construct ׳מ בּוֺר Isaiah 51:1 (figurative),excavation of a pit, = quarry ("" צוּר).