Strong's Lexicon

H1496

H1496 — גָּזִיתּ

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewgaziythnoun femOccurrences: 11TWOT: 335a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H1496
Word:גָּזִיתּ
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H1491
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:gaziyth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:gaw-zeeth'
Meaning:1. something cut, i.e. dressed stone
KJV Renderings:hewed, hewn stone, wrought.

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BDB1582

גָּזִית noun feminine a cutting, hewingגָּזִית Exod 20:25 + 10 t., always absolute; — hewing, ׳ אַבְנֵי ג = hewn stones (building-stones) 1Kgs 5:31; 1Chr 22:2; Ezek 40:42 (for tables), compare ׳ אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת כְּמִדּוֺת ג 1Kgs 7:9; 1Kgs 7:11 (but Klo strike out as gloss, compare ᵐ5 ); also without אבני = hewn stones Exod 20:25 (altar) Amos 5:11 (׳ בָּֽתֵּי ג) Isa 9:9 (opposed to לְבֵנִים); ׳ טוּרֵי ג 1Kgs 6:36, ׳ טוּרִים ג 1Kgs 7:12 also Lam 3:9 ׳ גָּדַר דַּרְכִּי בְּג.


גִּזָּה see below גזז. below


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

גזית (gah-zeeth’)

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.build…: Heb. build them with hewing
EHCC: build it of hewn stone:

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.
EHCC: (31). costly stones, {and) hewed stones,

1 Kings 6:36

KJV: And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.
EHCC: with three rows of hewed stone,

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.
EHCC: according to the measures of Aetred 4

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.
EHCC: set masons to hew wrought stones

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.
EHCC: (9). but we will build with hewn stones:

Lamentations 3:9

KJV: He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
EHCC: inclosed my ways with heen stone,

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.
EHCC: four tables (were) of hewn stone
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