Pruning Knife, Object

Type Object Hebrew מַזְמֵרָה

A metal blade, sometimes on a long handle, used to cut away unproductive branches from plants.

Pruning hook (Lax1, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Pruning knife

About Pruning Knife

The pruning knife was a knife or metal blade, sometimes attached to a long wooden handle.

Key References

For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

Joel 4:10

Micah 4:3

Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.

All Scripture References (4)

Isaiah (2)

Isaiah 2:4

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

Isaiah 18:5

For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

Joel (1)

Joel 4:10

Micah (1)

Micah 4:3