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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Carvings

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: Yes
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

 

Naves Topical Index
Carving

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

Hiram
1 Kings 7:13-51; 2 Chronicles 2:13-14


Smith's Bible Dictionary
Carving

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)


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Carving

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.