Machtsêb — H4274

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a hewing; concretely, a quarry

1. hewing, hewn
1. of stones

Usually translated as

hewn, hewed

Origin

from H2672

• Derived from Châtsab (H2672)

Occurrences

Machtsêb occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Kings 12:12 — And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed (מַחְצֵ֔ב) stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it.
• 2 Kings 22:6 — Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn (מַחְצֵ֔ב) stone to repair the house.
• 2 Chronicles 34:11 — Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn (מַחְצֵ֔ב) stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.