Mason:
ma'-s'n: The translation of 4 Hebrew words:
(1) charash ?ebhen, "graver of stone" (2Sa 5:11);
(2) (3) gadhar (2Ki 12:12), charash qur (1Ch 14:1), "maker of a wall (or hedge)";
(4) chatsabh, "a hewer or digger (of stones)" (1Ch 22:2; Ezr 3:7).
Lebanon still supplies the greater number of skilled masons to Palestine and Syria (see 2Sa 5:11), those of Shweir being in special repute.
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See GEBAL
See HOUSE
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