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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engrave.

2. (n.) The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper.

3. (n.) That which is engraved; an engraved plate.

4. (n.) An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ENGRAVING

en-grav'-ing.

See CARVING; CRAFTS.

Greek

5481. charakter -- a tool for engraving
... a tool for engraving. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: charakter
Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ak-tare') Short Definition: an exact reproduction ...
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5480. charagma -- a stamp, impress
... Noun, Neuter Transliteration: charagma Phonetic Spelling: (khar'-ag-mah) Short
Definition: sculpture, a stamp, sign Definition: sculpture; engraving, a stamp ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6603. pittuach -- an engraving
... 6602, 6603. pittuach. 6604 . an engraving. Transliteration: pittuach Phonetic
Spelling: (pit-too'-akh) Short Definition: engravings. ... carved work, engraving, ...
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2747. cheret -- engraving tool, stylus
... 2746, 2747. cheret. 2748 . engraving tool, stylus. Transliteration: cheret
Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-ret) Short Definition: tool. ...
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4387. Miktam -- a technical term in psalm titles.
... Michtam From katham; an engraving, ie (techn.) A poem -- Michtam. see HEBREW
katham. 4386, 4387. Miktam. 4388 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists
... of the old books " there was what ought never to have been removed from any of them,
the page of thicker paper with the clean-cut, chaste engraving of the ...
/.../manning/the hymns of wesley and watts five papers/hymns for the use of.htm

Whether the Evil of Fault Can be in the Angels?
... Were the craftsman's hand the rule itself engraving, he could not engrave the wood
otherwise than rightly; but if the rightness of engraving be judged by ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the evil of fault.htm

List of Illustrations.
... PLAN OF THE GRAVES SURROUNDING THAT OF S. PETER DISCOVERED AT THE TIME OF PAUL V.
(from a rare engraving by Benedetto Drei, head master mason to the Pope. ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/list of illustrations.htm

Published By
... Including, also, a short history of the Great Revival. Each sermon is illustrated
with a handsome, full page engraving from Gustave Dore. ...
/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/published by.htm

He Proceeds to Show that There is no "Variance" in the Essence of ...
... latter, makes the impression on itself accord with that which surrounds it, filling
up the hollows and accommodating the projections of the engraving with its ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 8 he proceeds to.htm

The Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son.
... The engraving on the upper side of this seal represents God's part in a sinner's
salvation, and corresponds to the shepherd's generous act; the engraving on ...
/.../arnot/the parables of our lord/the lost sheep the lost.htm

Second Commandment
... distinctly forbidden. Dr. Dale says that in his college days he had an engraving
of our Lord hanging over his mantlepiece. "The calmness ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/weighed and wanting/second commandment.htm

Preaching for the Poor
... I had an engraving sent to me the other day which pleased me beyond measure.
It was an engraving simply but exquisitely executed. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 3 1857/preaching for the poor.htm

A Series of Letters In Defence of Divine Revelation
... Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned; and
extending the benefits thereof to the Arts of Designing, Engraving, and Etching ...
/.../ballou/a series of letters in defence of divine revelation/title page.htm

The Iranian Conquest
... CHAPTER I"THE IRANIAN CONQUEST. Drawn by Boudier, from the engraving in
Coste and Flandin. The vignette, drawn by Faucher-Gudin ...
/.../chapter ithe iranian conquest.htm

Thesaurus

Engraving (7 Occurrences)
...Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing
an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper. ...ENGRAVING. ...
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Graving (7 Occurrences)
... (3.) Hebrews haqaq. Ezek. 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered "pourtray;" Job
19:23, "written.". ... grav'-ing. See CRAFTS; ENGRAVING. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Engravings (11 Occurrences)
... in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in
fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to ...
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Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... CRAFTS MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE 1. Brickmaking 2. Carpentering (Wood-Working) 3. Carving
(Engraving) 4. Ceramics 5. Dyeing and Cleansing 6. Embroidering ...
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Tools (3 Occurrences)
... invented. The pencil of Isaiah 44:13 is probably a stylus, for engraving
as well as for marking out lines. For engraving on gems ...
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Engraved (62 Occurrences)
... 2. (pp) of Engrave. 3. (a.) Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving. 4.
(a.) Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines. ...
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Engrave (8 Occurrences)
... in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in
fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to ...
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Carve (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The arts of engraving and carving were much
practised among the Jews. They were practised in connection ...
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Cut (616 Occurrences)
... 24. (n.) An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as,
a book illustrated with fine cuts. 25. (n.) The act of dividing a pack cards. ...
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Grave (128 Occurrences)
... 12. (vi) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to
practice engraving. 13. ... grav'-ing. See CRAFTS; ENGRAVING. GRAVE (1). grav. ...
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Bible Concordance

Engraving (7 Occurrences)

Exodus 28:36 "You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet,'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Exodus 32:4 He received what they handed him, and fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made it a molten calf; and they said, "These are your gods, Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt."
(WEB)

Exodus 39:30 They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like the engravings of a signet: "HOLY TO YAHWEH."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Kings 7:31 The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.
(Root in WEB NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:7 Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave all manner of engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
(Root in WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 2:14 the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
(WEB DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 3:9 For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave its engraving,' says Yahweh of Armies,'and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
(WEB)

Subtopics

Engraving

Engraving in Making Idols

Engraving in the Priest's Crown

Engraving in the Priest's Girdle

Engraving: On the Stones Set in the Priest's Breastplate

Related Terms

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Engravings (11 Occurrences)

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