Strong’s definition
properly, a perforator, i.e. a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation, i.e. a quarry
KJV gloss list in the source
hammer, hole.
Source pronunciation notation: mak-keh'-beth
Derivation recorded by Strong
from H5344 (נָקַב);
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