4661. mappets

Lexicon

mappets: Shatterer, Hammer, Breaker

Original Word: מַפֵּץ
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: mappets
Pronunciation: map-pets'
Phonetic Spelling: (map-pates')
Definition: Shatterer, Hammer, Breaker
Meaning: a smiter, a war club

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

battle ax

From naphats; a smiter, i.e. A war club -- battle ax.

see HEBREW naphats

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from naphats
Definition
a war-club
NASB Translation
war-club (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מַמֵּץ noun masculine war-club (literally a shatterer); — מַמֵּץאַֿתָּה לִי Jeremiah 51:20 a war-club art thou to me (׳י addressing Babylon, compare Gf Gie).

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root פָּצַץ (patsats), meaning "to shatter" or "to break in pieces."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent in the Strong's Concordance that corresponds to מַפֵּץ. However, Greek terms related to destruction or breaking, such as συντρίβω (syntribo, Strong's Greek 4937, meaning "to crush" or "to break in pieces"), may convey similar concepts in the context of the Septuagint or New Testament writings.

Usage: The term מַפֵּץ is used in the context of warfare or destruction, often referring to a tool or weapon designed to crush or break.

Context: מַפֵּץ (mappets) appears in the Hebrew Bible as a term for a weapon or tool used for smashing or breaking. It is often associated with divine judgment or the execution of God's wrath against nations or peoples. The imagery of a war club or smiter conveys the idea of overwhelming force and destruction. In the prophetic literature, מַפֵּץ is used metaphorically to describe the power of God to shatter the enemies of Israel or to bring about the downfall of oppressive empires. The term emphasizes the completeness and finality of the destruction, leaving nothing intact.

In the Berean Standard Bible, מַפֵּץ is translated in contexts that highlight its destructive power. For example, in Jeremiah 51:20, the term is used to describe Babylon as God's "war club" or "weapon of war," through which He will shatter nations and kingdoms: "You are My war club, My weapon for battle—with you I shatter nations; with you I destroy kingdoms."

Forms and Transliterations

מַפֵּץ־ מפץ־ map·pêṣ- mappêṣ- mappetz

Englishman's Concordance

Jeremiah 51:20
HEB: מַפֵּץ־ אַתָּ֣ה לִ֔י
NAS: [He says], You are My war-club, [My] weapon
KJV: Thou [art] my battle axe [and] weapons
INT: are my war-club you weapon

1 Occurrence

Strong's Hebrew 4661
1 Occurrence

map·pêṣ- — 1 Occ.