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גָּזִית H1496
H1496 is the Hebrew word גָּזִית, transliterated gâzîyth and said gaw-zeeth'. The King James Version most often renders it hewn stone.
What it means
something cut, i.e. dressed stone.
Where it comes from
from H1491 (גָּזָה).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 11 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
Verses using גָּזִית
All 11 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 20:25 · KJV
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
1 Kings 5:17 · KJV
And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house.
1 Kings 6:36 · KJV
And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
1 Kings 7:9 · KJV
All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
1 Kings 7:11 · KJV
And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
1 Kings 7:12 · KJV
And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
1 Chronicles 22:2 · KJV
And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
Isaiah 9:10 · KJV
The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.
Lamentations 3:9 · KJV
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
Ezekiel 40:42 · KJV
And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
Amos 5:11 · KJV
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Common questions
What does Strong's H1496 mean?
H1496 is the Hebrew word גָּזִית (gâzîyth), meaning something cut, i.e. dressed stone.
How is H1496 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hewn stone (3 times), hewed stones (3 times), hewed (1 time), hewed stone (1 time), wrought (1 time), among others.
How many times does H1496 appear in the Bible?
גָּזִית (gâzîyth) is tagged in 11 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H1496 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H1491 (גָּזָה).
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