חָצַב

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

or חָצֵב; a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to dig, cleave, divide, hew, make, cut out, dig out, cut down, quarry, hewer, mason
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal) to be cut, be hewn, be engraved
• 4.(hiphil) to hew into pieces, cut up into pieces
• 5.(pual) to be cut from, be hewn from

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: châtsab; Pronunciation: khaw-tsab'