Easton's Bible Dictionary The rendering of the Hebrew word , "beaten," found only in Isaiah 41:7. Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped. 2. (n.) Anything resembling an anvil in shape or use. 3. (n.) the incus. See Incus. 4. (v. t.) To form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ANVIL an'-vil (pa`am): The word is used only once to mean anvil. The passage (Isaiah 41:7) refers to the custom still very common of workmen encouraging each other at their work. See CRAFTS. Just how pretentious the anvil of the ancients was we do not know. Most work requiring striking or beating, from the finest wrought jewelry to the largest copper vessels, is now done on an anvil shaped like an inverted letter L which is driven into a block of wood, or into the ground, or into a crack between two of the stone slabs of the workman's floor. The only massive anvils seen in the country today are modern and of foreign make. James A. Patch

Multi-Version Concordance Anvil (1 Occurrence) Isaiah 41:7 So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith. He who smoothes with the hammer encourages him who strikes the anvil, saying of the soldering, "It is good;" and he fastens it with nails, that it might not totter. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)