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Lexicon :: Strong's H2796 - ḥārāš

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חָרָשׁ
Transliteration
ḥārāš
Pronunciation
khaw-rawsh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 760a

Strong’s Definitions

חָרָשׁ chârâsh, khaw-rawsh'; from H2790; a fabricator or any material:—artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2796 in the following manner: carpenter (11x), workman (6x), craftsman (4x), engraver (3x), artificers (2x), smith (2x), makers (1x), skilful (1x), smith (with H1270) (1x), workers (1x), wrought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2796 in the following manner: carpenter (11x), workman (6x), craftsman (4x), engraver (3x), artificers (2x), smith (2x), makers (1x), skilful (1x), smith (with H1270) (1x), workers (1x), wrought (1x).

  1. craftsman, artisan, engraver, graver, artificer

    1. graver, artificer

    2. skilful to destroy (warriors) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרָשׁ chârâsh, khaw-rawsh'; from H2790; a fabricator or any material:—artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
STRONGS H2796: Abbreviations
† חָרָשׁ noun masculineExodus 38:23 graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) — absolute ח׳ (＝*חַרָּשׁ) Exodus 35:35 + 14 times; construct חָרַשׁ Exodus 28:11 + 2 times; plural חָֽרָשִׁים Hosea 13:2 + 7 times; חֲרָשִׁים 1 Chronicles 4:14 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 11:35 (see below); construct חָֽרָשֵׁי 2 Samuel 5:11 + 6 times; —
1. graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1 Samuel 13:19; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:2; Deuteronomy 27:15; Jeremiah 10:9 (|| צֹרֵף), Isaiah 40:19 (|| id.), Isaiah 54:16; 1 Chronicles 29:5; בַּרְזֶל ח׳ Isaiah 44:12; 2 Chronicles 24:12; perhaps also Isaiah 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently＝hammer Zechariah 2:3 (symbolic).
b. worker in wood עֵץ ח׳ 2 Samuel 5:11＝1 Chronicles 14:1 (עֵצִים), 2 Kings 12:12; 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11; Jeremiah 10:3; Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 44:13 (see also 1 Chronicles 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezra 3:7; 2 Chronicles 24:12 (both || חצב).
c. worker in stone אֶבֶן קִיר ח׳ 2 Samuel 5:11＝1 Chronicles 14:1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן ח׳ Exodus 28:11 (P; || מִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
d. in general אֶבֶן וָעֵץ ח׳ 1 Chronicles 22:15; idol-maker צִירִים ח׳ Isaiah 45:16, compare Isaiah 44:11 (also Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 44:13 above), 2 Kings 24:14, 16; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2 (all || מַסְגֵּר), Exodus 35:35; Exodus 38:23 (both P; both || חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1 Chronicles 4:14, גֵּי הַחֲ׳ Nehemiah 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1 Chronicles 4:14, ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol§ 183 a Köii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים ?
2. figurative מַשְׁחִית ח׳ Ezekiel 21:36 men skilled to destroy.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:11; 28:11; 35:35; 35:35; 38:23; 38:23

Deuteronomy

27:15

1 Samuel

13:19

2 Samuel

5:11; 5:11; 5:11

2 Kings

12:12; 22:6; 24:14; 24:16

1 Chronicles

4:14; 4:14; 4:14; 14:1; 14:1; 22:15; 22:15; 29:5

2 Chronicles

24:12; 24:12; 34:11

Ezra

3:7

Nehemiah

11:35; 11:35

Isaiah

40:19; 40:20; 41:7; 44:11; 44:12; 44:12; 44:13; 44:13; 45:16; 54:16

Jeremiah

10:3; 10:9; 24:1; 29:2

Hosea

8:6; 13:2; 13:2

Zechariah

2:3

H2796

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Strong's Number H2796 matches the Hebrew חָרָשׁ (ḥārāš),
which occurs 36 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - According to the work of an engraver in stone, as the engravings of a seal, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel; surrounded by enclosures of gold shalt thou make them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - he has filled them with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver, and of the artificer, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in byssus, and of the weaver, even of them that do every kind of work, and of those that devise artistic work

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - and with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and artificer, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and in byssus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - Now there was no smith found throughout the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, and carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they gave the money, weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, who were appointed over the house of Jehovah; and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders that wrought upon the house of Jehovah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - to the carpenters and the builders and the masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained but the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - and all the men of valour, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all strong men apt for war, and the king of Babylon brought them captive to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 - And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - And there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skilful men for every kind of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work by the hands of artificers. And who is willing to offer to Jehovah this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and they hired masons and carpenters to renew the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought in iron and bronze, to repair the house of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - they gave it to the carpenters and the builders, to buy hewn stone, and timber for the joists, and to floor the houses that the kings of Judah had destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - And they gave money to the masons and to the carpenters; and meat and drink and oil to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - The workman casteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He that is impoverished, so that he hath no offering, chooseth a tree that doth not rot; he seeketh unto him a skilled workman to prepare a graven image that shall not be moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - And the artizan encouraged the founder, he that smootheth with the hammer him that smiteth on the anvil, saying of the soldering, It is good; and he fasteneth it with nails, that it be not moved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed; and the workmen are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand up: they shall fear, they shall be ashamed together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The iron-smith hath a chisel, and he worketh in the coals, and he fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with his strong arm; -- but he is hungry, and his strength faileth; he hath not drunk water, and he is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The worker in wood stretcheth out a line; he marketh it out with red chalk; he formeth it with sharp tools, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of man: that it may remain in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them; they shall go away in confusion together, the makers of idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - Behold, it is I who have created the smith that bloweth in the fire of coal, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the destroyer to ravage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the statutes of the peoples are vanity; for it is a tree cut out of the forest, worked with a chisel by the hands of the artizan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 - Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artizan and of the hands of the founder; blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skilful men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - Jehovah shewed me, and behold, two baskets of figs, set before the temple of Jehovah, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive from Jerusalem, Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, and the craftsmen and smiths, and had brought them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (after that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the craftsmen, and the smiths, had departed from Jerusalem);

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:31 - And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee the fire of my wrath, and give thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - For from Israel is this also: -- a workman made it, and it is no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20 - And Jehovah shewed me four craftsmen.
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