Strong’s H4050 · Hebrew

מְגֵרָה
mᵉgêrâh
meg-ay-raw'

Definition

a saw

Etymology

from H1641 (גָּרַר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • axe
  • saw

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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