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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To cut with an ax; to fell with a sharp instrument; -- often with down, or off.

2. (v. t.) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; -- often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher.

3. (v. t.) To cut in pieces; to chop; to hack.

4. (n.) Destruction by cutting down.

5. (n.) Hue; color.

6. (n.) Shape; form.

Greek

2998. latomeo -- to hew out (stones)
... to hew out (stones). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: latomeo Phonetic Spelling:
(lat-om-eh'-o) Short Definition: I hew stones Definition: I hew stones ...
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1581. ekkopto -- to cut off, cut down, cut out, fig. to frustrate
... cut down, cut out, hew down, hinder. From ek and kopto; to exscind; figuratively,
to frustrate -- cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder. see GREEK ek. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2672. chatsab -- to hew, hew out, cleave
... 2671, 2672. chatsab or chatseb. 2673 . to hew, hew out, cleave. Transliteration:
chatsab or chatseb Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-tsab') Short Definition: hewn. ...
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1438. gada -- to hew, hew down or off
... 1437, 1438. gada. 1439 . to hew, hew down or off. Transliteration: gada Phonetic
Spelling: (gaw-dah') Short Definition: down. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6458. pasal -- to hew, hew into shape
... 6457, 6458. pasal. 6459 . to hew, hew into shape. Transliteration: pasal Phonetic
Spelling: (paw-sal') Short Definition: cut. Word Origin a prim. ...
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1414. gedad -- to hew down
... 1413, 1414. gedad. 1415 . to hew down. Transliteration: gedad Phonetic
Spelling: (ghed-ad') Short Definition: down. Word ... 2). hew down. ...
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8158. shasaph -- to hew in pieces
... shasaph. 8159 . to hew in pieces. Transliteration: shasaph Phonetic Spelling:
(shaw-saf') Short Definition: pieces. Word Origin a prim. ... hew in pieces. ...
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3564b. kur -- perhaps to bore, dig or hew
... kur. 3565 . perhaps to bore, dig or hew. Transliteration: kur Short Definition:
pierced. ... root Definition perhaps to bore, dig or hew NASB Word Usage pierced (1 ...
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7060. qamel -- to be decayed
... root Definition to be decayed NASB Word Usage rot away (1), withers (1). hew down,
wither. A primitive root; to wither -- hew down, wither. 7059, 7060. ...
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5408. nathach -- to cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints
... cut in pieces, divide, hew in pieces. A primitive root; to dismember -- cut (in
pieces), divide, hew in pieces. 5407, 5408. nathach. 5409 . Strong's Numbers
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2404. chatab -- to cut or gather wood
... cut down, hewer, polish. A primitive root; to chop or carve wood -- cut down,
hew(-er), polish. 2403b, 2404. chatab. 2405 . Strong's Numbers.
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4621. maatsad -- an axe
... cutting tool (2). ax, tongs. From an usused root meaning to hew; an axe --
ax, tongs. 4620, 4621. maatsad. 4622 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Psalm CXXIX.
... 7. "The righteous Lord shall hew the necks of the sinners" (ver.4)....Which of us
doth not fix his eyes upon the earth, like the Publican, and say, "Lord, be ...
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Great Preparations for a Great Work
... father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build
an house unto My name.6. Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/great preparations for a great.htm

"Now the End of the Commandment is Charity Out of a Pure Heart ...
... The qlk daye Mr. Hew Binnen made his popular sermon 1 Timothy 1.ver.5 'The end of
ye commandment is charity.'"Ordaines Mr. Hew Binnen to handle his ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xi now the end.htm

The Dream of the Tree Cut Down
... He cried aloud, and said thus: "Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake
off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it ...
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True Greatness
... As the king gazed upon the lofty tree, he beheld "a Watcher," even "an Holy One,"
who approached the tree and in a loud voice cried: "Hew down the tree, and ...
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What the Ruler's Discrimination Should be Between Correction and ...
... This is what the Lord in a figure enjoins through Moses, saying, If a man go in
simplicity of heart with his friend into the wood to hew wood, and the wood of ...
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The Great Mysteries in the Building of the Militant and Triumphant ...
... were hewn, and put in place of those that were taken away; but the rounded stones
were not put into the building, because they were hard to hew, and appeared ...
/.../the pastor books first second third/similitude ninth the great mysteries.htm

Sermon for Septuagesima Sunday
... So it is with those who do not understand this spiritual art; they leave the roots
of vice and evil dispositions alive in the heart, and hew and lop at poor ...
/.../ix sermon for septuagesima sunday.htm

The Political Constitution of Egypt
... The art that could conceive and hew this gigantic statue out of the mountain-side,
was an art in its maturity, master of itself and sure of its effects. ...
/.../chapter ithe political constitution of.htm

Synopsis of the Music in Order of Date
... JSBACH, eight settings, mostly of earlier melodies, Nos.13.57.62.80.83.85.
90.97. Seven new tunes by HEW, Nos.4.11.17.18.22.46.96. ...
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Thesaurus

Hew (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To form or shape with a sharp instrument; to cut; hence, to form laboriously; --
often with out; as, to hew out a sepulcher. ...Hew (17 Occurrences). ...
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Asherahs (23 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Asherahs (23 Occurrences). Exodus 34:13 but ye shall demolish
their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs. (DBY). ...
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Shatter (26 Occurrences)
... statues. (DBY). Exodus 34:13 but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter
their statues, and hew down their Asherahs. (DBY). Numbers ...
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Statues (7 Occurrences)
... statues. (DBY). Exodus 34:13 but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their
statues, and hew down their Asherahs. (DBY). Deuteronomy ...
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Asherah (40 Occurrences)
... Asherah (40 Occurrences). Exodus 34:13 but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter
their statues, and hew down their Asherahs. (Root in DBY NIV). ...
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Cut (616 Occurrences)
... to sever; to divide. 3. (vt) To sever and cause to fall for the purpose
of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. 4. (vt) To sever and ...
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Ashe'rim (19 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars,
and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn ...
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Hewed (22 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp.) of Hew. 2. (pp) of Hew. Multi-Version
Concordance Hewed (22 Occurrences). Matthew 27:60 and laid ...
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Hewing (6 Occurrences)
... n.) of Hew. ... 1 Kings 5:18 and the builders of Solomon, and the builders of Hiram,
and the Giblites hew, and prepare the wood and the stones to build the house. ...
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Hethlon (2 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Hew (17 Occurrences)

Exodus 34:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 34:13 but ye shall demolish their altars, shatter their statues, and hew down their Asherahs.
(DBY)

Deuteronomy 6:11 and houses full of all good things, which thou didst not fill, and cisterns hewn out, which thou the didst not hew, vineyards and olive-trees, which thou didst not plant, and thou shalt eat and be satisfied--
(Root in JPS ASV NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 7:5 But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.
(ASV DBY JPS NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 10:1 At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 12:3 And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Deuteronomy 19:5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Kings 5:18 And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

1 Chronicles 22:2 And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 2:2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

Isaiah 18:5 For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.
(See RSV)

Isaiah 22:16 What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 6:6 For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Ezekiel 39:10 And they do not take wood out of the field, Nor do they hew out of the forests, For with armour they cause the fire to burn, And they have spoiled their spoilers, And they have plundered their plunderers, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
(YLT)

Daniel 4:14 He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Daniel 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Hew

Related Terms

Asherahs (23 Occurrences)

Shatter (26 Occurrences)

Statues (7 Occurrences)

Asherah (40 Occurrences)

Cut (616 Occurrences)

Ashe'rim (19 Occurrences)

Hewed (22 Occurrences)

Hewing (6 Occurrences)

Hethlon (2 Occurrences)