King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1496
Transliteration: gazith
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-zeeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a cutting, hewing
Meaning: something cut, dressed stone
Word Summary
gazith: a cutting, hewing
Original Word: גָּזִיתTransliteration: gazith
Phonetic Spelling: (gaw-zeeth')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a cutting, hewing
Meaning: something cut, dressed stone
Strong's Concordance
hewed, hewn stone, wrought From gazah; something cut, i.e. Dressed stone -- hewed, hewn stone, wrought.
see HEBREW gazah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1496. gazith
גָּזִית noun feminine a cutting, hewing — גָּזִית Exodus 20:25 10t., always absolute; — hewing, ג ׳אַבְנֵי = hewn stones (building-stones) 1 Kings 5:31; 1 Chronicles 22:2; Ezekiel 40:42 (for tables), compare ג כְּמִדּוֺת יְקָרוֺת ׳אֲבָנִים 1 Kings 7:9, 11 (but Klo strike out as gloss, compare ᵐ5); also without אבני = hewn stones Exodus 20:25 (altar) Amos 5:11 (ג ׳בָּֽתֵּי) Isaiah 9:9 (opposed to לְבֵנִים); ג ׳טוּרֵי 1 Kings 6:36, ג ׳טוּרִים 7:12; also Lamentations 3:9 בְּג דַּרְכִּי ׳גָּדַר.
גִּזָּה see below גזז. below