# H4717 מַקָּבָה

מַקָּבָה (maqqâbâh), Strong’s H4717: properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing) KJV: hammer.. Occurs 3 times.

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*maqqâbâh* — properly, a perforatrix, i.e. a hammer (as piercing)

KJV: hammer.

Derived from [נָקַב nâqab](https://besorah.bible/word/H5344) (to puncture, literally)

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַקֶּ֫בֶת n.f. hammer (by means of which one drives in nails and pegs)

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 6:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/6?v=7) — The house, when it was under construction, was built of stone prepared at the quarry; and no hammer or ax or any tool…
- [Isaiah 44:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/44?v=12) — The blacksmith takes an ax, works in the coals, fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm. He is…
- [Jeremiah 10:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/10?v=4) — They deck it with silver and with gold. They fasten it with nails and with hammers, so that it can’t move.