BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2672
cha.tsav — to hew
1) to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hew out, dig 1a2) to hew 1a2a) stone 1a2b) wood 1a3) to hew in pieces (metaph.) 1a4) to divide, cleave 1b) (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved 1c) (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces 1d) (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from
22 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1443
ga.dar — to wall up/off
1) to wall up, wall off, close off, build a wall 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wall up, shut off 1a2) masons (participle)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G21228
teuchos — masonry, fabric
1. a tool, implement :—;mostly in plural τεύχεα, 2. implements of war, armour, arms, harness , (Homer);—;so τεύχη in [variant datesTragica Adespota 3. in plural, also, the gear of a ship, tackle , (Odyssey by Homer) 4. in singular a vessel of any kind, a bathing-tub , (Aeschulus Tragicus); a cinerary urn , (Aeschulus Tragicus); a balloting-urn , (Aeschulus Tragicus); a vase for libations , (Aeschulus Tragicus); a vase or ewer for water, (Euripides); a pot or jar , (Xenophon Historicus); ξύλινα τ. chests , (Xenophon Historicus) 5. the human frame, body , (Aristotle Philosopher) 6. a book , [variant datesAnthology Palantina; hence πεντάτευχος, the Pentateuch. (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G9410
teichistēs — a stonemason
a stonemason
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →An artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (1 Kings 5:17, 18; 2 Sam. 5:11). This art the Hebrews no doubt learned in Egypt (Ex. 1:11, 14), where ruins of temples and palaces fill the traveller with wonder at the present day.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
