Bible Dictionary · G
Graving
(1.) Heb. hatsabh. Job 19:24, rendered “graven,” but generally means hewn stone or wood, in quarry or forest.
(2.) Heb. harush. Jer 17:1, rendered “graven,” and indicates generally artistic work in metal, wood, and stone, effected by fine instruments.
(3.) Heb. haqaq. Ezek 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 (Isa 30:22; Isa 40:19; Isa 41:7; Isa 44:12–15).
(5.) Pathah refers to intaglio work, the cutting and engraving of precious stones (Ex 28:9–11, Ex 28:21; Zech 3:9; Song 1:10, Song 1:11).
(6.) Heret. In Ex 32:4 rendered “graving tool;” and in Isa 8:1, “a pen.”
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
