Carving
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Exodus 31:5
- Last Reference: Exodus 35:33
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H2799 Used 2 times
Woodwork of the temple was decorated with carvings of flowers, cherubim, and palm trees
1 Kings 6:18; 1 Kings 6:29; 1 Kings 6:32; 1 Kings 6:35; Psalms 74:6
Beds decorated with
Proverbs 7:16
Idols manufactured by
Deuteronomy 7:5; Isaiah 44:9-17; Isaiah 45:20; Habakkuk 2:18-19
Persons skilled in:
Bezaleel
Exodus 31:5
The arts of carving and engraving were much in request in the construction of both the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 31:5; 35:33; 1 Kings 6:18,35; Psalms 74:6) as well as in the ornamentation of the priestly dresses. (Exodus 28:9-36; 2 Chronicles 2:7,14; Zechariah 3:9)
CARVING, participle present tense Cutting, dividing, as meat; cutting in stone, wood or metal; apportioning; distributing.
CARVING, noun The act of cutting, as meat; the act or art of cutting figures in wood or stone; sculpture; figures carved.