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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 - With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the skillful workmen, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise curious work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a skillful workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the artificer, and putteth it in a secret place: 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 all 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 cedar-trees, 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, being counted, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - To carpenters, and builders, and 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 valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the artificers, and smiths: none remained, save 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 might, even seven thousand, and artificers and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - Now 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 - Moreover, there are workmen with thee in great numbers, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of skillful men for every manner of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to the LORD?

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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 the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and provisions, and drink, and oil, to them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of 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 melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh for himself a skillful 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 - So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be 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, they are of men: let them all be assembled, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a 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 to confusion together that are makers of idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax.

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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 workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of skillful men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (After Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, 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 my indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 - For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but 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, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of artificers: 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 the LORD showed me four carpenters.
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