Topic
Anvil
1 passage cited, from 3 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Isaiah 41:7Easton · ISBE · Nave General scriptures concerning
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 1 references
The rendering of the Hebrew word , “beaten,” found only in Isa. 41:7.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 1 references
an'-vil (pa`am): The word is used only once to mean anvil. The passage (Isa 41:7) refers to the custom still very common of workmen encouraging each other at their work. See CRAFTS. Just how pretentious the anvil of the ancients was we do not know. Most work requiring striking or beating, from the finest wrought jewelry to the largest copper vessels, is now done on an anvil shaped like an inverted letter L which is driven into a block of wood, or into the ground, or into a crack between two of the stone slabs of the workman's floor. The only massive anvils seen in the country today are modern and of foreign make.
James A. Patch
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 1 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → General scriptures concerning Isa 41:7
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.