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Hebrew kardom, "sharp"; large, for telling trees (; ); garzen, "cutting", as "hatchet" from "hack," securis from seco; barzel,"iron " garzen sometimes means the "adze." The head was fastened to the handle by thongs, and so was liable to slip off (; ). For "axe" in margin; , ma'atzad, others trans. a "knife" or "chisel," such as a carver of wood idols would use. But KJV is good sense and good Hebrew; the "axe" is meant as the instrument to cut down the tree in the forest. Mappeetz (), "battle axe," a heavy mace or maul, whence Charles Martel was designated. Kasshil occurs only once, , a large axe.