[mat-uh
k] 
| an instrument for loosening the soil in digging, shaped like a pickax, but having one end broad instead of pointed. |
mat·tock (māt'ək)  (click for larger image in new window) n. A digging tool with a flat blade set at right angles to the handle. [Middle English, from Old English mattuc, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *matteūca, club; akin to *mattea; see mace1.] |
Mattock
(1.) Heb. ma'eder, an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isa. 7:25); a weeding-hoe. (2.) Heb. mahareshah (1 Sam. 13:1), perhaps the ploughshare or coulter. (3.) Heb. herebh, marg. of text (2 Chr. 34:6). Authorized Version, "with their mattocks," marg. "mauls." The Revised Version renders "in their ruins," marg. "with their axes." The Hebrew text is probably corrupt.