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חָצַב H2672
H2672 is the Hebrew word חָצַב, transliterated châtsab and said khaw-tsab'. The King James Version most often renders it hewers.
What it means
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave.
Where it comes from
or חָצֵב; a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 19 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
Verses using חָצַב
All 22 verses, quoted in full.
Deuteronomy 6:11 · KJV
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
Deuteronomy 8:9 · KJV
A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
1 Kings 5:15 · KJV
And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
2 Kings 12:12 · KJV
And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
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.
1 Chronicles 22:15 · KJV
Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
2 Chronicles 2:2 · KJV
And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
2 Chronicles 2:18 · KJV
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
2 Chronicles 24:12 · KJV
And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 26:10 · KJV
Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.
Ezra 3:7 · KJV
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Nehemiah 9:25 · KJV
And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.
Job 19:24 · KJV
That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
Psalm 29:7 · KJV
The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
Proverbs 9:1 · KJV
Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:
Isaiah 5:2 · KJV
And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Isaiah 10:15 · KJV
Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.
Isaiah 22:16 · KJV
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
Isaiah 51:1 · KJV
Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
Isaiah 51:9 · KJV
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
Jeremiah 2:13 · KJV
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Hosea 6:5 · KJV
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
Common questions
What does Strong's H2672 mean?
H2672 is the Hebrew word חָצַב (châtsab), meaning to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave.
How is H2672 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hewers (4 times), digged (3 times), masons (2 times), hew (2 times), diggedst (1 time), among others.
How many times does H2672 appear in the Bible?
חָצַב (châtsab) is tagged in 22 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H2672 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or חָצֵב; a primitive root.
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