מַסְגֵּר
mas.ger (H4525)
locksmith
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word מַסְגֵּר (mas.ger) holds the Strong's number H4525 and is defined as a "locksmith". This occupational term falls within the category of "Construction & Crafts", indicating a connection to the physical creation and maintenance of structures. In the biblical context, this word has 7 occurrences, suggesting its significance in the time period it was written. The limited use of מַסְגֵּר indicates it may be a specialized term, implying a level of specificity to its definition. This locksmith title would have been recognizable to the ancient Israelites, emphasizing the importance of locks and security in everyday life.
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He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained, except the poorest people of the land.
All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name. The righteous will surround me, for you will be good to me.
They will be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and will be shut up in the prison; and after many days they will be visited.
to open the blind eyes, to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before Yahweh’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
(after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem),