גָּזִית
gâzîyth · gaw-zeeth'
something cut, i.e. dressed stone
Lexicon
Derivation: from H1491 (גָּזָה);
something cut, i.e. dressed stone
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › to cut, to sustain › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign
To carry, to lift up that works to cut, to sustain of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּזִית above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hewed stones3 · 27%
- it of hewn stone1 · 9%
- and hewed1 · 9%
- of hewed stone1 · 9%
- wrought1 · 9%
- with hewn stones1 · 9%
- with hewn stone1 · 9%
- were of hewn1 · 9%
- of hewn stone1 · 9%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.