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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.
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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 BoxDeu 6:11 - and houses H1004 full H4392 of all H3605 good H2898 things H2898 which H834 you did not fill, H4390 and hewn H2672 cisterns H953 which H834 you did not dig, H2672 vineyards H3754 and olive H2132 trees H2132 which H834 you did not plant, H5193 and you eat H398 and are satisfied, H7646

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land H776 where H834 you will eat H398 food H3899 without H3808 scarcity, H4544 in which you will not lack H2637 anything; H3605 a land H776 whose H834 stones H68 are iron, H1270 and out of whose hills H2022 you can dig H2672 copper. H5178

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:15 - Now Solomon H8010 had H1961 70,000 H7657 H505 [fn]transporters, H5449 H5375 and 80,000 H8084 H505 hewers H2672 of stone in the mountains, H2022

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:12 - and to the masons H1443 and the stonecutters, H2672 H68 and for buying H7069 timber H6086 and hewn H4274 stone H68 to repair H2388 the damages H919 to the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and for all H3605 that was [fn]laid H3318 out for the house H1004 to repair H2388 it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:2 - So David H1732 [fn]gave H559 orders H559 to gather H3664 the foreigners H1616 who H834 were in the land H776 of Israel, H3478 and he set H5975 stonecutters H2672 to hew H2672 out stones H68 to build H1129 the house H1004 of God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover, there are many H7230 workmen H4399 H6213 with you, stonecutters H2672 and masons H2796 of stone H68 and carpenters, H2796 H6086 and all H3605 men H2450 who are skillful H2450 in every H3605 kind of work. H4399

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - [fn]So Solomon H8010 [fn]assigned H5608 70,000 H7657 H505 men H376 to carry H5449 loads H5449 and 80,000 H8084 H505 men H376 to quarry H2672 stone in the mountains H2022 and 3,600 H7969 H505 H8337 H3967 to supervise H5329 them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - He appointed H6213 70,000 H7657 H505 of them to carry H5449 loads H5449 and 80,000 H8084 H505 to quarry H2672 stones in the mountains H2022 and 3,600 H7969 H505 H8337 H3967 supervisors H5329 to make the people H5971 work. H5647

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king H4428 and Jehoiada H3077 gave H5414 it to those who did H6213 the work H4399 of the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD; H3068 and they hired H7936 masons H2672 and carpenters H2796 to restore H2318 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and also H1571 workers H2796 in iron H1270 and bronze H5178 to [fn]repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:10 - He built H1129 towers H4026 in the wilderness H4057 and hewed H2672 many H7227 cisterns, H953 for he had H1961 much H7227 livestock, H4735 both in the [fn]lowland H8219 and in the plain. H4334 He also had plowmen H406 and vinedressers H3755 in the hill H2022 country H2022 and the fertile H3759 fields, H3759 for he loved H157 the soil. H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave H5414 money H3701 to the masons H2672 and carpenters, H2796 and food, H3978 drink H4960 and oil H8081 to the Sidonians H6722 and to the Tyrians, H6876 to bring H935 cedar H730 wood H6086 from Lebanon H3844 to the sea H3220 at Joppa, H3305 according to the permission H7558 they had [fn]from Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia. H6539

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - “They captured H3920 fortified H1219 cities H5892 and a [fn]fertile H8082 land. H127
They took H3423 possession H3423 of houses H1004 full H4392 of every H3605 good H2898 thing, H2898
Hewn H2672 cisterns, H953 vineyards, H3754 olive H2132 groves, H2132
Fruit H3978 trees H6086 in abundance. H7230
So they ate, H398 were filled H7646 and grew H8080 fat, H8080
And reveled H5727 in Your great H1419 goodness. H2898

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:24 - “That with an iron H1270 stylus H5842 and lead H5777
They were engraved H2672 in the rock H6697 forever! H5703

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 29:7 - The voice H6963 of the LORD H3068 hews H2672 out [fn]flames H3852 of fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:1 - Wisdom H2451 has built H1129 her house, H1004
She has hewn H2672 out her seven H7651 pillars; H5982

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:2 - He dug H5823 it all around, H5823 removed H5619 its stones, H5619
And planted H5193 it with [fn]the choicest H8321 vine. H8321
And He built H1129 a tower H4026 in the middle H8432 of it
And also H1571 hewed H2672 out a [fn]wine H3342 vat H3342 in it;
Then He expected H6960 it to produce H6213 good grapes, H6025
But it produced H6213 only [fn]worthless H891 ones. H891

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:15 - Is the axe H1631 to boast H6286 itself over H5921 the one who chops H2672 with it?
Is the saw H4883 to exalt H1431 itself over H5921 the one who wields H5130 it?
That would be like a [fn]club H7626 wielding H5130 those who lift H7311 it,
Or like a rod H4294 lifting H7311 him who is not wood. H6086

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:16 - ‘What H4100 right do you have here, H6311
And whom H4310 do you have here, H6311
That you have hewn H2672 a tomb H6913 for yourself here, H6311
You who hew H2672 a tomb H6913 on the height, H4791
You who carve H2710 a resting H4908 place H4908 for [fn]yourself in the rock? H5553

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:1 - “Listen H8085 to me, you who pursue H7291 righteousness, H6664
Who seek H1245 the LORD: H3068
Look H5027 to the rock H6697 from which you were hewn H2672
And to the [fn]quarry H953 H4718 from which you were dug. H5365

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:9 - Awake, H5782 awake, H5782 put H3847 on strength, H5797 O arm H2220 of the LORD; H3068
Awake H5782 as in the days H3117 of old, H6924 the generations H1755 of long H5769 ago. H5769
Was it not You who cut H2672 Rahab H7293 in pieces, H2672
Who pierced H2490 the dragon? H8577

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:13 - “For My people H5971 have committed H6213 two H8147 evils: H7451
They have forsaken H5800 Me,
The fountain H4726 of living H2416 waters, H4325
To hew H2672 for themselves cisterns, H877
Broken H7665 cisterns H877
That can H3201 hold H3557 no H3808 water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 6:5 - Therefore H5921 H3651 I have hewn H2672 them in pieces H2672 by the prophets; H5030
I have slain H2026 them by the words H561 of My mouth; H6310
And the judgments H4941 on you are like the light H216 that goes H3318 forth. H3318
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