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Mason

An artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (1 Kings 5:17, 18; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1443, H2672
Hebrew
גָּדַר · gâdar

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

גָּדַר

H1443
Transliteration
gâdar
Pronunciation
gaw-dar'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
10

Glosses

close up, fence up, hedge, inclose, make up (a wall), mason, repairer.

Lexicon definition

to wall in or around

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

חָצַב

H2672
Transliteration
châtsab
Pronunciation
khaw-tsab'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
25

Glosses

cut, dig, divide, grave, hew (out, -er), made, mason.

Lexicon definition

to cut or carve (wood, stone or other material)

by implication, to hew, split, square, quarry, engrave

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Mason

An artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (1 Kings 5:17, 18; 2 Sam. 5:11). This art the Hebrews no doubt learned in Egypt (Ex. 1:11, 14), where ruins of temples and palaces fill the traveller with wonder at the present day.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Masons

Indexed occurrences: 4

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