BDB3028
מַחְצֵב noun [masculine] hewing, always ׳ אַבְנֵי מ = hewn stones 2Kgs 12:13; 2Kgs 22:6 = 2Chr 34:11 (in all || עֵצִים).
Strong's Lexicon
H4274
H4274 — מַחצֵּב
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H4274 |
|---|---|
| Word: | מַחצֵּב |
| Part of Speech: | noun masc |
| Etymology: | from H2672 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | machtseb |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | makh-tsabe' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) a hewing 2. (concretely) a quarry |
| KJV Renderings: | hewed(-n). |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
מחצב (magh-tz)
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.was…: Heb. went forth
- EHCC: (13).to buy timber and hewed stone (lit.
2 Kings 22:6
- KJV: Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
- EHCC: hewn stone (lit. id.) to repair the house.