Words the Bible translates as hewn stone
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- gazitגָּזִיתdressed building stone: squared blocks cut to measure with iron tools for fine, close-fitting masonry
- maḥtsevמַחְצֵבquarry-cut stone: the cutting of stone out of rock, and so the ready blocks it supplies for building
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