פַּטִּישׁ paṭṭîysh

Meaning

a hammer

In the King James Version: hammer.

Derivation: intensively from an unused root meaning to pound;

Where it is used

• Isaiah 41:7 The craftsman encourages the goldsmith, and he who wields the hammer cheers him who strikes the anvil, saying of the welding, “It is good.” He nails it down so it will not be toppled.
• Jeremiah 23:29 “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
• Jeremiah 50:23 How the hammer of the whole earth lies broken and shattered! What a horror Babylon has become among the nations!