H1496 - גָּזִית (gâzîyth)

H1496 גָּזִית (gâzîyth) gaw-zeeth'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

cutting

Strong's Definition

something cut, i.e. dressed stone

Derivation: from H1491 (גָּזָה);

KJV Usage: hewed, hewn stone, wrought.

TWOT Reference: 335a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) a cutting, hewing

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3037

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

a cutting, hewing

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

גָּזִית gâzý̂yth BDB Definition: 1) a cutting, hewing Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H1491 Same Word by TWOT Number: 335a Total KJV Occurrences: 18

Bible Occurrences (11)

20:25

5:17 6:36 7:9 7:11 7:12

22:2

9:10

3:9

40:42

5:11

Exodus 20:25

Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

1 Kings 5:17

And the king commanded them to quarry large, costly stones to lay the foundation of the temple... with dressed stones.

1 Kings 6:36

[Solomon] built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:9

All these [buildings] were constructed with costly stones, cut to size and trimmed with saws inside and out from the foundation to the eaves, and from the outside to the great courtyard.

1 Kings 7:11

Above these were costly stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

1 Kings 7:12

The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD -.

1 Chronicles 22:2

So David gave orders to gather the foreigners in the land of Israel, from whom he appointed stonecutters to prepare finished stones for building the house of God.

Isaiah 9:10

The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with finished stone; the sycamores have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.