- Original: מקּבת - Transliteration: Maqqebeth - Phonetic: mak-keh'-beth - Definition: 1. hole, excavation, perforation 2. hammer, perforator - Origin: from H5344 - TWOT entry: 1409d - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From H5344 ; properly a perforator that is a hammer (as piercing); also (intransitively) a perforation that is a quarry: - hammer hole. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • hammer, 2 Judges 4:21; 1 Kings 6:7 • hole, 1 Isaiah 51:1