Nail
מַשְׂמְרָהStrong’s H4930masmrah (mas-m-rah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Masmrah is the Hebrew word usually translated “like nails”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.”
Meaning
- Nail
How it's translated
- and like nails 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ecclesiastes 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
מַשְׂמְרָה masmrah · nail
nail
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NAIL, noun
If the word was originally applied to a claw or talon, the primary sense may be to catch, or it may be a shoot.
- The claw or talon of a fowl or other animal.
- The horny substance growing at the end of the human fingers and toes.
- A small pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, to be driven into a board or other piece of timber, and serving to fasten it to other timber.
- A stud or boss; a short nail with a large broad head.
All definitions and other forms of “nail”
- A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the 16th of a yard.
- On the nail in hand; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail
- To hit the nail on the head, to hit or touch the exact point.
NAIL, verb transitive
- To fasten with nails; to unite, close or make compact with nails.
- To stud with nails.
- To stop the vent of a cannon; to spike.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.