A tool with a flat metal blade and a long wooden handle, used for loosening soil and removing weeds.
About Hoe
The hoe was a flat metal blade, 10–20 centimeters (4–8 inches) wide, mounted on a wooden handle with the blade at a right angle to the handle. The illustration to the left shows the blade without a handle.
Key References
For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.
Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
All Scripture References (1)
Isaiah (1)
For fear of the briers and thorns, you will no longer traverse the hills once tilled by the hoe; they will become places for oxen to graze and sheep to trample.