Strong's H2672 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: חָצַב (châtsab)

Pronunciation: khaw-tsab'

Morphology: v

Derivation: or חָצֵב (châtsêb); a primitive root;

Definition: to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

KJV Renderings: cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.

Senses

1. to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason
1. (Qal)
2. to hew out, dig
3. to hew
1. stone
2. wood
4. to hew in pieces (metaph.)
5. to divide, cleave
6. (Niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved
7. (Hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces
8. (Pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.