Châtsab — H2672

Definition

verb

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

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

Usually translated as

hew, cut, dig, made, divide, grave, hewer, mason

Origin

or châtsêb; a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• kóptō (G2875)
• latoméō (G2998)
• orýssō (G3736)
• poiéō (G4160)
• technítēs (G5079)

Occurrences

Châtsab occurs 25 times in 22 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (1), Hosea (1)

• Deuteronomy 6:11 — And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged (חֲצוּבִים֙), which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
• Deuteronomy 6:11 — And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst (חָצַ֔בְתָּ) not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
• Deuteronomy 8:9 — 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 (תַּחְצֹ֥ב) brass.
• 1 Kings 5:15 — And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers (חֹצֵ֥ב) in the mountains;
• 2 Kings 12:12 — And to masons, and hewers (וּלְחֹצְבֵ֣י) 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 — And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons (חֹֽצְבִ֗ים) to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
• 1 Chronicles 22:2 — And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew (לַחְצוֹב֙) wrought stones to build the house of God.
• 1 Chronicles 22:15 — Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers (חֹצְבִ֕ים) and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work.
• 2 Chronicles 2:2 — And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew (חֹצֵ֣ב) in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
• 2 Chronicles 2:18 — And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers (חֹצֵ֣ב) in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work.
• 2 Chronicles 24:12 — 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 (חֹצְבִ֣ים) 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 — Also he built towers in the desert, and digged (וַיַּחְצֹב֙) 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 — They gave money also unto the masons (לַחֹצְבִ֖ים), 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 — And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged (חֲצוּבִ֜ים), 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 — That they were graven (יֵחָצְבֽוּן) with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!
• Psalms 29:7 — The voice of the LORD divideth (חֹצֵ֗ב) the flames of fire.
• Proverbs 9:1 — Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out (חָצְבָ֖ה) her seven pillars:
• Isaiah 5:2 — 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 (חָצֵ֣ב) a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
• Isaiah 10:15 — Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth (הַחֹצֵ֣ב) 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 — What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out (חָצַ֧בְתָּ) a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
• Isaiah 22:16 — What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out (חֹצְבִ֤י) a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
• Isaiah 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn (חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔ם), and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
• Isaiah 51:9 — 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 (הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶת) Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
• Jeremiah 2:13 — For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out (לַחְצֹ֤ב) cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
• Hosea 6:5 — Therefore have I hewed (חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙) them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.