Mattock: 1. Heb. ma'eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard(Isaiah 7:25) a weeding-hoe.
2. Heb. mahareshah
(1 Samuel 13:20) perhaps the ploughshare or coulter.
3. Heb. herebh, marg. of text
(2 Chronicles 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.
