Original Word: קַרְדֹּם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: qardom
Pronunciation: kar-DOME
Phonetic Spelling: (kar-dome')
KJV: ax
NASB: axe, axes
Word Origin: [perhaps from H6923 (קָדַם - meet) in the sense of striking upon]

1. an axe

ax

Perhaps from qadam in the sense of striking upon; an axe -- ax.

see HEBREW qadam

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
an axe
NASB Translation
axe (3), axes (2).

[קַרְדֹּם] noun [masculine] axe (√ unknown; compare Late Hebrew קַרְדֹּם double hoe,one side of which could split wood, Vogelst^{Land writhsch.37}; Arabic , adze is loan-word according to Frä⁸⁴); — suffix קַרְדֻמּוֺ 1 Samuel 13:20 + Judges 9:48 (so probably read for הַקַּרְדֻּמוֺתּ, A ᵐ5^L τ. ἀξίνημ, GFM Bu Now); plural קַרְדֻּמִּים 1 Samuel 13:21, קַרְדֻּמוֺת