Meaning of “nail”
Nail — for fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). This word is also used metaphorically (Zech. 10:4) for a prince or counsellor, just as "the battle-bow" represents a warrior. (2.) Masmer, a "point," the usual word for a nail. The words of the wise are compared to "nails fastened by the masters of assemblies" (Eccl. 12:11, A.V.). The Revised Version reads, "as nails well fastened are the words of the masters," etc. Others (as Plumptre) read, "as nails fastened are the masters of assemblies" (comp. Isa. 22:23; Ezra 9:8). David prepared nails for the temple (1 Chr. 22:3; 2 Chr. 3:9). The nails by which our Lord was fixed to the cross are mentioned (John 20:25; Col. 2:14). Nail of the finger (Heb. tsipporen, "scraping"). To "pare the nails" is in Deut. 21:12 (marg., "make," or "dress," or "suffer to grow") one of the signs of purification, separation from former heathenism (comp. Lev. 14:8; Num. 8:7). In Jer. 17:1 this word is rendered "point." Snail — (1.) Heb. homit, among the unclean creeping things (Lev. 11:30). This was probably the sand-lizard, of which there are many species in the wilderness of Judea and the Sinai peninsula. (2.) Heb. shablul (Ps. 58:8), the snail or slug proper. Tristram explains the allusions of this passage by a reference to the heat and drought by which the moisture of the snail is evaporated. "We find," he says, "in all parts of the Holy Land myriads of snail-shells in fissures still adhering by the calcareous exudation round their orifice to the surface of the rock, but the animal of which is utterly shrivelled and wasted, 'melted away.'"
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Leviticus Chapter 11 Verse 30 — And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. Deuteronomy Chapter 21 Verse 12 — Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; Judges Chapter 4 Verse 22 — And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. Judges Chapter 4 Verse 21 — Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. Judges Chapter 5 Verse 26 — She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. 1 Chronicles Chapter 22 Verse 3 — 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; 2 Chronicles Chapter 3 Verse 9 — And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. Ezra Chapter 9 Verse 8 — And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. Psalms Chapter 58 Verse 8 — As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 Verse 11 — The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. Isaiah Chapter 22 Verse 25 — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. Isaiah Chapter 22 Verse 23 — And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. Isaiah Chapter 41 Verse 7 — 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. Jeremiah Chapter 10 Verse 4 — They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. Daniel Chapter 4 Verse 33 — 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. Daniel Chapter 7 Verse 19 — 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; Zechariah Chapter 10 Verse 4 — Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. John Chapter 20 Verse 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. Colossians Chapter 2 Verse 14 — Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
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