Awl

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AWL.—A boring instrument, named only in connexion with the ceremony whereby a slave was bound to perpetual servitude (Exo_21:6, Deu_15:17).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


The boring of a slave's ear with it was the token of his volunteering perpetual service, when he might be free at the year of release (Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17). So Messiah, volunteering to become God's servant by taking man's nature; "Mine ears hast Thou opened" (Psa_40:6); Isa_1:5, "the Lord God hath opened Mine ear," i.e., hath made Me obediently attentive as a servant to his master. Heb_10:5-10 quotes it as Septuagint renders it: "a body hast Thou prepared Me," the strongest proof of willing obedience. The ear symbolizes obedience.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.


Awl. A tool of which we do not know the ancient form. The only notice of it is in connection with the custom of boring the ear of the slave. Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863


ôl מרצע, marcēa‛̌: ?Bore his ear through with an awl? (Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17). The ear was pierced as being the organ of hearing, Thus signifying the servant's promise of obedience. See BORE.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.



Fig. 76?Awls
The Hebrew word which denotes an awl or other instrument for boring a small hole, occurs in Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17. Considering that the Israelites had at that time recently withdrawn from their long sojourn in Egypt, there can be no doubt that the instruments were the same as those of that country, the forms of which, from actual specimens in the British Museum, are shown in the annexed cut. They are such as were used by the sandal-makers and other workers in leather.
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Exo_21:6 (c) This may be taken to represent the permanent attaching of the saved sinner to the purposes, the person, and the service of JESUS CHRIST, his new Lord and Master. The ear represents the hearing or the listening for commands. There surely comes a time in the life of the believer when he decides definitely to give his whole attention, effort and work to the Master who has purchased him with His Blood. (See also Psa_40:6)
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.


Awl
(מִרְצֵעִ, martse'd, perforator, Sept. ὀπήτιον), an instrument for boring a small hole (Exo_21:6; Deu_15:17). Considering that the Israelites had recently withdrawn from their long sojourn in Egypt, there can be no doubt that the instruments were the same as those of that country, used by the sandalmakers and other workers in leather (Wilkinson, 2, 105). In the above passages the word is employed in reference to piercing the ear as a sign of perpetual servitude, which it seems was a custom among other Oriental nations (Petronius. Satyr. 102), and it was the practice in Lydia, India, and Persia to perforate the ears of boys dedicated to the service of the gods (Xen. Anab. 3, 1, 31; Plutarch, Sympos. 2, 1, 4). SEE SERVANT.



CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.





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