Word Study · Strong's H2672 · Hebrew
חָצַב
chatsab
khaw-tsab'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châtsab
“to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material); by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave
Rendered in the KJV as
cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 24inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 24
- חֹצֵ֣ב2
- הַחֹצֵ֣ב1
- הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶת1
- וַיַּחְצֹב֙1
- וּלְחֹצְבֵ֣י1
- חָצֵ֣ב1
- חֹצֵ֗ב1
- חֹצֵ֥ב1
- חָצְבָ֖ה1
- חֹצְבִ֤י1
- חֹֽצְבִ֗ים1
- חֹצְבִ֕ים1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- stone cutters3
- stone-cutter[s]3
- dug out2
- [is] striking1
- [which] you were dug1
- and he dug1
- and to [the] cutters of1
- digging out1
- he dug out1
- I will cut [them] in pieces1
- she has hewn1
- the [one who] cuts1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 17
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural3
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)2
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- verb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine plural2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- Hc/Vqw3ms1
- preposition with the article + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun1
- verb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqrmsa · 4
- HVqrmpa · 3
- HR/Vqcc · 2
- HVqp2ms · 2
- HVqsmpa · 2
- HC/R/Vqrmpc · 1
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 1
- HRd/Vqrmpa · 1
- HTd/Vhrfsa · 1
- HTd/Vqrmsa · 1
- HVNi3mp/Sn · 1
- HVPp2mp · 1
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah6 of 25 · 24%
- 2 Chronicles4 of 25 · 16%
- Deuteronomy3 of 25 · 12%
- 1 Chronicles3 of 25 · 12%
- 1 Kings1 of 25 · 4%
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Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 6:11חֲצוּבִים֙chatzuvimverb · simple (qal), passive participle · masculine pluralwith houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,here: dug out
- Deuteronomy 6:11חָצַ֔בְתָּchatzavtaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularwith houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,here: you dug
- Deuteronomy 8:9תַּחְצֹ֥בtachtzoverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singulara land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.here: you will dig
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 22:2חֹֽצְבִ֗יםchotzevimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo 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.here: stone cutters
- 1 Chronicles 22:2לַחְצוֹב֙lachtzovpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)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.here: to cut
- 1 Chronicles 22:15חֹצְבִ֕יםchotzevimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralYou also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—here: stone cutters
2 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:2חֹצֵ֣בchotzevverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSo he conscripted 70,000 porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: stone-cutter[s]
- 2 Chronicles 2:18חֹצֵ֣בchotzevverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularSolomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: stone-cutter[s]
- 2 Chronicles 24:12חֹצְבִ֣יםchotzevimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThen the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.here: stone cutters
- 2 Chronicles 26:10וַיַּחְצֹב֙vaiyachtzoHc/Vqw3msSince he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fertile fields.here: and he dug
Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs1 occurrence
Isaiah6 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:2חָצֵ֣בchatzevverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!here: he dug out
- Isaiah 10:15הַחֹצֵ֣בhachotzevthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularDoes an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!here: the [one who] cuts
- Isaiah 22:16חָצַ֧בְתָּchatzavtaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularWhat are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?here: you have dug out
- Isaiah 22:16חֹצְבִ֤יchotzeviverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?here: digging out
- Isaiah 51:1חֻצַּבְתֶּ֔םchutzavtemverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 2nd person masculine plural“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.here: [which] you were dug
- Isaiah 51:9הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶתhamachtzevetthe definite article (“the”) + verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularAwake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?here: who cut in pieces