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אֵת H855
H855 is the Hebrew word אֵת, transliterated ʼêth and said ayth. The King James Version most often renders it plowshares.
What it means
a hoe or other digging implement.
Where it comes from
of uncertain derivation.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 5 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: coulter, plowshare.
Verses using אֵת
All 5 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 13:20 · KJV
But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.
1 Samuel 13:21 · KJV
Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
Isaiah 2:4 · KJV
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Joel 3:10 · KJV
Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Micah 4:3 · KJV
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Common questions
What does Strong's H855 mean?
H855 is the Hebrew word אֵת (ʼêth), meaning a hoe or other digging implement.
How is H855 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it plowshares (3 times), coulter (1 time), coulters (1 time).
How many times does H855 appear in the Bible?
אֵת (ʼêth) is tagged in 5 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H855 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: of uncertain derivation.
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