NAIL

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(Or, peg)
So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. (Isaiah 41:77So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. (Isaiah 41:7))
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Jeremiah 10:44They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. (Jeremiah 10:4))
Made of iron
And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; (1 Chronicles 22:33And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; (1 Chronicles 22:3))
Made of gold
And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. (2 Chronicles 3:99And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. (2 Chronicles 3:9))
Jael kills Sisera with
Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. (Judges 4:2121Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. (Judges 4:21))
FIGURATIVE
And now for a little space grace hath been showed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. (Ezra 9:88And now for a little space grace hath been showed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. (Ezra 9:8))
And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. (Isaiah 22:2323And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. (Isaiah 22:23))
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 22:2525In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the Lord hath spoken it. (Isaiah 22:25))
Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. (Zechariah 10:44Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. (Zechariah 10:4))