Deuteronomy 21:12
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
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Nails
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John 20:25
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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מַסְמֵר
maçmêr · mas-mare'
4 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a peg (as bristling from the surface)
Strong's KJV usage: nail.
Strong's first: 1 Chronicles 22:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:4
Open full H4548 profile →ἧλος
hēlos · hay'-los
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a stud, i.e. spike
Strong's KJV usage: :--nail.
Strong's first: John 20:25Strong's last: John 20:25
Open full G2247 profile →טְפַר
ṭᵉphar · tef-ar'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a finger-nail; also a hoof or claw
Strong's KJV usage: nail.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:33Strong's last: Daniel 7:19
Open full H2953 profile →מַשְׂמְרָה
masmᵉrâh · mas-mer-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a peg
Strong's KJV usage: nail.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 12:11Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 12:11
Open full H4930 profile →צִפֹּרֶן
tsippôren · tsip-po'-ren
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
properly, a claw, i.e. (human) nail; also the point of a style (or pen, tipped with adamant)
Strong's KJV usage: nail, point.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 21:12Strong's last: Deuteronomy 21:12
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H6856
Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails;
H4548
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight;
H4548
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.
H4930
The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.
H4548
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.
H4548
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
H2953
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws.
H2953
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
G2247
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
G2247
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
English meaning and historical usage.
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nail
NAIL, noun If the word was originally applied to a claw or talon, the primary sense may be to catch, or it may be a shoot.
1. The claw or talon of a fowl or other animal.
2. The horny substance growing at the end of the human fingers and toes.
3. A small pointed piece of metal, usually with a head, to be driven into a board or other piece of timber, and serving to fasten it to other timber. The larger kinds of instruments of this sort are called spikes; and a long thin kind with a flattish head, is called a brad.
4. A stud or boss; a short nail with a large broad head.
5. A measure of length, being two inches and a quarter, or the 16th of a yard.
6. On the nail in hand; immediately; without delay or time of credit; as, to pay money on the nail
7. To hit the nail on the head, to hit or touch the exact point.
NAIL, verb transitive
1. To fasten with nails; to unite, close or make compact with nails.
2. To stud with nails.
3. To stop the vent of a cannon; to spike.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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