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Lexicon :: Strong's H1496 - gāzîṯ

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גָּזִית
Transliteration
gāzîṯ
Pronunciation
gaw-zeeth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 335a

Strong’s Definitions

גָּזִית gâzîyth, gaw-zeeth'; from H1491; something cut, i.e. dressed stone:—hewed, hewn stone, wrought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H1496 in the following manner: hewn (10x), wrought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H1496 in the following manner: hewn (10x), wrought (1x).

  1. a cutting, hewing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
גָּזִית gâzîyth, gaw-zeeth'; from H1491; something cut, i.e. dressed stone:—hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
STRONGS H1496: Abbreviations
† גָּזִית noun feminine a cutting, hewing — גָּזִית Exodus 20:25 + 10 times, always absolute; — hewing, אַבְנֵי ג׳ = hewn stones (building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31 [1 Kings 5:17]; 1 Chronicles 22:2; Ezekiel 40:42 (for tables), compare אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת כְּמִדּוֺת ג׳ 1 Kings 7:9, 11 (but Klo strike out as gloss, compare Greek Version of the LXX); also without אבני = hewn stones Exodus 20:25 (altar) Amos 5:11 (בָּֽתֵּי ג׳) Isaiah 9:9 (opposed to לְבֵנִים); טוּרֵי ג׳ 1 Kings 6:36, טוּרִים ג׳ 1 Kings 7:12; also Lamentations 3:9 גָּדַר דַּרְכִּי בְּג׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

20:25; 20:25

1 Kings

5:17; 6:36; 7:9; 7:11; 7:12

1 Chronicles

22:2

Isaiah

9:9

Lamentations

3:9

Ezekiel

40:42

Amos

5:11

H1496

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1496 matches the Hebrew גָּזִית (gāzîṯ),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you use stones to build my altar, use only natural, uncut stones. Do not shape the stones with a tool, for that would make the altar unfit for holy use.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:17 - At the king’s command, they quarried large blocks of high-quality stone and shaped them to make the foundation of the Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:36 - The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:9 - From foundation to eaves, all these buildings were built from huge blocks of high-quality stone, cut with saws and trimmed to exact measure on all sides.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - The blocks of high-quality stone used in the walls were also cut to measure, and cedar beams were also used.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:12 - The walls of the great courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone, just like the walls of the inner courtyard of the LORD’s Temple with its entry room.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - So David gave orders to call together the foreigners living in Israel, and he assigned them the task of preparing finished stone for building the Temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:10 - They said, “We will replace the broken bricks of our ruins with finished stone,
and replant the felled sycamore-fig trees with cedars.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:9 - He has blocked my way with a high stone wall;
he has made my road crooked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - There were also four tables of finished stone for preparation of the burnt offerings, each 31½ inches square and 21 inches high.[fn] On these tables were placed the butchering knives and other implements for slaughtering the sacrificial animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:11 - You trample the poor,
stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.
Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,
you will never live in them.
Though you plant lush vineyards,
you will never drink wine from them.
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