Engrave
Bible Usage:
- engrave used twice.
- engraven used once.
- engraver used 3 times.
- engravings used 5 times.
- First Reference: Exodus 28:11
- Last Reference: Zechariah 3:9
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H6605 Used 2 times
ENGRA'VE, verb transitive preterit tense engraved; participle passive engraved or engraven.
Literally, to scratch or scrape. Hence,
1. To cut, as metals, stones or other hard substances, with a chisel or graver; to cut figures, letters or devices, on stone or metal; to mark by incision.
Thou shalt engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. Exodus 28:11.
2. To picture or represent by incisions.
3. To imprint; to impress deeply; to infix.
Let the laws of God and the principles of morality be engraved on the minds in early years.
4. To bury; to deposit in the grave; to inter; to inhume. [Not now used.]
ENGRA'VED
ENGRA'VEMENT, noun engraved work; act of engraving.
ENGRA'VEN, participle passive Cut or marked, as with a chisel or graver; imprinted; deeply impressed.
Heb. harash (Exodus 35:35; 38:23) means properly an artificer in wood, stone, or metal. The chief business of the engraver was cutting names or devices on rings and seals and signets (Exodus 28:11, 21, 36; Genesis 38:18).
His chief business was cutting names or devices on rings and seals; the only notices of engraving are in connection with the high priest's dress
the two onyx stones, the twelve jewels and the mitre-plate having inscriptions on them. (Exodus 28:11,21,36)
ENGRA'VER, noun One who engraves; a cutter of letters, figures or devices, on stone, metal or wood; a sculptor; a carver.
ENGRA'VERY, noun The work of an engraver. [Little used.]