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מַסְגֵּר

masger · smith; dungeon

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4525 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

masger (מַסְגֵּר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “smith; dungeon”.

It has two uses. 1) A trade connected with metalwork: smith or locksmith; always beside "craftsmen" among those taken into exile (2 Kings 24:14, 16; Jeremiah 24:1). 2) A closed place, a prison or dungeon (Psalm 142:7; Isaiah 24:22; 42:7).

How to say it

mas·ger

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. One who works iron and other metals.
  2. A closed place where someone is held prisoner.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • smiths ×3
  • prison ×2
  • confinement ×1
  • smith ×1

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • 2 Kings 24:14

    He carried into exile all Jerusalem, and all the officials, and all the mighty men of the force, ten thousand exiles, and every craftsman and smith; none remained except the poorest of the people of the land.

  • 2 Kings 24:16

    and all the men of the force, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand, all of them mighty men who waged war; and the king of Babylon brought them into exile to Babylon.

  • Psalms 142:7

    Bring out from prison my soul, to give thanks to your name; the righteous will surround me, for you will deal well with me.

  • Isaiah 24:22

    And they will be gathered in a gathering as prisoners in the pit, and they will be shut up in the prison, and after many days they will be visited.

  • Isaiah 42:7

    to open blind eyes, to bring out from confinement the prisoner, from the prison house those who dwell in darkness.

  • Jeremiah 24:1

    YHWH showed me, and look, two baskets of figs placed before the temple of YHWH, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into exile Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 29:2

    after Jeconiah the king had gone out, and the lady, and the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen and the smiths, from Jerusalem,