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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Graving

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

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

Strongs Concordance:

 

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Graving

1. Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered "graven," but generally means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest.

2. Heb. harush. Jeremiah 17:1, rendered "graven," and indicates generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by fine instruments.

3. Heb. haqaq. Ezekiel 4:1, engraving a plan or map, rendered "pourtray;" Job 19:23, "written."

4. Heb. pasal points rather to the sculptor's or the carver's art (Isaiah 30:22; 40:19; 41:7; 44:12-15).

5. Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving of precious stones (Exodus 28:9-11, 21; Zechariah 3:9; Song of Solomon 1:10, 11).

6. Heret. In Exodus 32:4 rendered "graving tool;" and in Isaiah 8:1, "a pen."


Naves Topical Index
Graving

See Engraving
Engraving


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Graving

GRA'VING, participle present tense Engraving; carving; cutting figures on stone, copper or other hard substance.

GRA'VING, noun Carved work. 2 Chronicles 2:14.

1. Impression.