A small, pointed object used for hanging things or securing something in place.
About Peg
The peg was a short wooden stick, pointed on one end. It was pounded into a crack between stones that formed the wall of a house. It then served as a place to hang objects.
Key References
All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
All Scripture References (17)
Exodus (5)
All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, along with their ropes;
All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
the bases for the surrounding courtyard and its gate, and all the tent pegs for the tabernacle and its surrounding courtyard.
the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
Numbers (2)
as well as the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes.
and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.
Judges (3)
But as he lay sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She drove the peg through his temple and into the ground, and he died.
When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man you are seeking.” So he went in with her, and there lay Sisera dead, with a tent peg through his temple.
She reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull; she shattered and pierced his temple.
Ezra (1)
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
Isaiah (4)
I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.
In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.
Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
Ezekiel (1)
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can one make from it a peg on which to hang utensils?
Zechariah (1)
The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.