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Lexicon :: Strong's H2672 - ḥāṣaḇ

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חָצַב
Transliteration
ḥāṣaḇ
Pronunciation
khaw-tsab'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 718

Strong’s Definitions

חָצַב châtsab, khaw-tsab'; or חָצֵב châtsêb; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave:—cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H2672 in the following manner: dig (5x), hew (4x), hewers (4x), hew out (4x), mason (3x), cut (1x), divideth (1x), graven (1x), hewn (1x), made (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H2672 in the following manner: dig (5x), hew (4x), hewers (4x), hew out (4x), mason (3x), cut (1x), divideth (1x), graven (1x), hewn (1x), made (1x).

  1. to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason

    1. (Qal)

      1. to hew out, dig

      2. to hew

        1. stone

        2. wood

      3. to hew in pieces (metaph.)

      4. to divide, cleave

    2. (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved

    3. (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces

    4. (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָצַב châtsab, khaw-tsab'; or חָצֵב châtsêb; a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave:—cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
STRONGS H2672: Abbreviations
† [חָצַב] חָצֵב verb hew, hew out, cleave (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲצַב; SI4. 6 participle plural החצבם; compare Phoenician מחצב＝Hebrew id.) —
Qal Perfect חָצֵב Isaiah 5:2; חָֽצְבָה Proverbs 9:1; חָצַבְתִּי Hosea 6:5, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְצֹב 2 Chronicles 26:10; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְצֹב Deuteronomy 8:9; Infinitive construct לַחְצֹב Jeremiah 2:13; לַחְצוֺב 1 Chronicles 22:2; Participle active חֹצֵב Isaiah 10:15 + 4 times; construct חֹצְבִי Isaiah 22:16; חֹצְבִים 1 Chronicles 22:2 + 3 times; חֹצְבֵי 2 Kings 12:13; passive חֲצוּבִים Deuteronomy 6:11; Nehemiah 9:25; —
1. hew out, (dig), wine-vat יֶקֶב Isaiah 5:2; sepulchre (קֶבֶר) Isaiah 22:16 (twice in verse); cisterns בֹּרוֺת Deuteronomy 6:11 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 26:10; Nehemiah 9:25, compare Jeremiah 2:13; of mining נחשׁת מהרריה תַּת׳ Deuteronomy 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper.
2. a. hew stone 1 Chronicles 22:2; metaphor of pillars Proverbs 9:1 (subject wisdom); elsewhere participle, hewer of stone 2 Kings 12:13; 1 Chronicles 22:2, 15 (see SI4.6 above); probably 1 Kings 5:29; 2 Chronicles 2:1; 2 Chronicles 2:17 (בָּהָר ח׳ see Be), compare 2 Chronicles 24:12; Ezra 3:7.
b. apparently hew wood Isaiah 10:15 בוֺ ח׳ (i.e. בְּגַרְזֶן).
3. metaphorical hew in pieces Hosea 6:5 figurative of י׳ attacking people by agency of prophets (|| הֲרַגְתִּים); divide, cleave subject י׳'s voice Psalm 29:7 object להבות אשׁ, i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text compare Che and critical note)
Niph. Imperfect יֵחָצְבוּן be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Job 19:24.
Pu. Perfect חֻצַּבְתֶּם Isaiah 51:1 figurative, hewn out of rock (of Israel's origin; || נֻקַּר).
Hiph. Participle מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת Isaiah 51:9 hew in pieces＝Qal 3, figurative of destroying רהב＝Egypt (compare Psalm 89:11).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

6:11; 6:11; 8:9; 8:9

2 Kings

12:13; 12:13

1 Chronicles

22:2; 22:2; 22:2; 22:2; 22:15

2 Chronicles

2:1; 2:17; 24:12; 26:10; 26:10

Ezra

3:7

Nehemiah

9:25; 9:25

Job

19:24

Psalms

29:7; 89:11

Proverbs

9:1; 9:1

Isaiah

5:2; 5:2; 10:15; 10:15; 22:16; 22:16; 51:1; 51:9

Jeremiah

2:13; 2:13

Hosea

6:5; 6:5

H2672

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2672 matches the Hebrew חָצַב (ḥāṣaḇ),
which occurs 25 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:11 - and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 5:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - Solomon also had 70,000 burden-bearers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hill country,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - and to the masons and the stonecutters, as well as to buy timber and quarried stone for making repairs on the house of the LORD, and for any outlay for the repairs of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - David commanded to gather together the resident aliens who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to prepare dressed stones for building the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - You have an abundance of workmen: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skilled in working

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - [fn] And Solomon assigned 70,000 men to bear burdens and 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 to oversee them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - Seventy thousand of them he assigned to bear burdens, 80,000 to quarry in the hill country, and 3,600 as overseers to make the people work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the LORD, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - And he built towers in the wilderness and cut out many cisterns, for he had large herds, both in the Shephelah and in the plain, and he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they captured fortified cities and a rich land, and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns already hewn, vineyards, olive orchards and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:24 - Oh that with an iron pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 29:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:7 - The voice of the LORD flashes forth flames of fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:1 - Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her seven pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug it and cleared it of stones,
and planted it with choice vines;
he built a watchtower in the midst of it,
and hewed out a wine vat in it;
and he looked for it to yield grapes,
but it yielded wild grapes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:15 - Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it,
or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it?
As if a rod should wield him who lifts it,
or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - What have you to do here, and whom have you here, that you have cut out here a tomb for yourself, you who cut out a tomb on the height and carve a dwelling for yourself in the rock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness,
you who seek the LORD:
look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the LORD;
awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago.
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
who pierced the dragon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - for my people have committed two evils:
they have forsaken me,
the fountain of living waters,
and hewed out cisterns for themselves,
broken cisterns that can hold no water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:5 - Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets;
I have slain them by the words of my mouth,
and my judgment goes forth as the light.
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