Strong's Lexicon

H2672

H2672 — חָצַב חָצֵב

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

HebrewchatsabverbOccurrences: 25TWOT: 718

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2672
Word:חָצַב חָצֵב
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:25
Transliteration:chatsab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:khaw-tsab' (or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'}) v.
Meaning:1. to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material) 2. (by implication) to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
KJV Renderings:cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.

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[חָצַב] חָצֵב verb hew, hew out, cleave (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic חֲצַב; SI4. 6 participle plural החצבם; compare Phoenician מחצב = Hebrew id. ) —

Qal Perfect חָצֵב Isa 5:2 חָֽצְבָה Prov 9:1 חָצַבְתִּי Hos 6:5, etc.; Imperfect וַיַּחְצֹב 2Chr 26:10 2 masculine singular תַּחְצֹב Deut 8:9 Infinitive construct לַחְצֹב Jer 2:13 לַחְצוֺב 1Chr 22:2 Participle active חֹצֵב Isa 10:15 + 4 t.; construct חֹצְבִי Isa 22:16 חֹצְבִים 1Chr 22:2 + 3 t.; חֹצְבֵי 2Kgs 12:13 passive חֲצוּבִים Deut 6:11; Neh 9:25 —
1. hew out, (dig), wine-vat יֶקֶב Isa 5:2 sepulchre (קֶבֶר) Isa 22:16 (twice in verse); cisterns בֹּרוֺת Deut 6:11 (twice in verse); 2Chr 26:10; Neh 9:25, compare Jer 2:13 of mining נחשׁת ׳ מהרריה תַּת Deut 8:9 out of its mountains thou mayst hew out copper.
2.
a. hew stone 1Chr 22:2 metaphor of pillars Prov 9:1 (subject wisdom); elsewhere participle, hewer of stone 2Kgs 12:13; 1Chr 22:2; 1Chr 22:15 (see SI4.6 above ); probably 1Kgs 5:29; 2Chr 2:1; 2Chr 2:17 (בָּהָר ׳ ח see Be), compare 2Chr 24:12; Ezra 3:7.
b. apparently hew wood Isa 10:15 בוֺ ׳ ח (i.e. בְּגַרְזֶן).
3. metaphor hew in pieces Hos 6:5 figurative of ׳ י attacking people by agency of prophets (|| הֲרַגְתִּים); divide, cleave subject ׳ י's voice Ps 29:7 object להבות אשׁ, i.e. the thunder of his voice sends forked lightnings (but on text compare Che and critical note)
Niph`al Imperfect יֵחָצְבוּן be cut, hewn, graven (words on rock) Job 19:24.
Pu`al Perfect חֻצַּבְתֶּם Isa 51:1 figurative, hewn out of rock (of Israel's origin; || נֻקַּר).
Hiph`il Participle מַחֲצֶ֫בֶת Isa 51:9 hew in pieces = Qal 3, figurative of destroying רהב = Egypt (compare Ps 89:11).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חצב (g’hah-tzav’)

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;
EHCC: wells digged, which thou diggedst not,

Deuteronomy 5:2

KJV: The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
EHCC: a winepress (: .

Deuteronomy 22:16

KJV: And the damsel’s father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her;
EHCC: thou hast hewed thee out”

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.and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc
EHCC: Aave I hewed (them) by the prophets ;

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: he set masons to hew wrought stones

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.
EHCC: hewed them ouf cisterns, /

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.
EHCC: out of whose hills thou mayest dig

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.digged…: or, cut out many cisternsCarmel: or, fruitful fieldshusbandry: Heb. ground
EHCC: and cigged many wells: (marg. or, cut

1 Kings 5:15

KJV: And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains;
EHCC: (29). fourscore thousand hewers

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.
EHCC: (1).fourscore thousand to hew

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.
EHCC: hired masons and carpenters

Psalms 29:7

KJV: The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire.divideth: Heb. cutteth out
EHCC: the Lord divideth the flames of fire.

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.the rod…: or, a rod should shake them that lift it upitself, as if…: or, that which is not wood
EHCC: against him that heweth

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.wells: or, cisternsfruit…: Heb. tree of food
EHCC: full of all goods, wells digged,

Job 19:24

KJV: That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
EHCC: they were graven with an iron pen 0

Isaiah 52:9

KJV: Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
EHCC: ( Art) thou not it that hath ent Rahab,
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