חֶרֶט
chereṭ · H2747 · Hebrew · 2 occurrences
Thing
- StylusScribes3 verses
Meanings
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chisel?, mold?
An object used as a tool in the process of molding images, the meaning not being completely sure
ExamplesExodus 32:4 Then he took the gold from their hands, and fashioned it with an engraving tool and made it into a cast metal calf; and they said, “This is your god, Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”
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a stylus
A short, sharp piece of iron used for engraving marks, usually writing or drawing, on stone or metal, associated with conditions that are permanent and not likely to change
ExamplesIsaiah 8:1 Then the LORD said to me, “Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֱנוֹשׁhuman being 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 4
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- עֵט ʻêṭ · H5842 · pen, stylus
- Hebrew term for a stylus or pen used for writing, synonymous with חֶרֶט in its function as a writing instrument
In the other Testament 1 word
- κάλαμος kálamos · G2563 · reed
- Greek term commonly used for a reed pen or writing instrument, functionally equivalent to חֶרֶט in its pen/writing tool sense
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Tools001003001001017
- The word denotes a graving tool or stylus used for engraving or writing, an implement mentioned in Exodus 32:4's account of Aaron shaping the golden calf and Isaiah 8:1's instruction to write with an ordinary pen.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2747. cheret חֶ֫רֶט noun [masculine] graving-tool, stylus — 1 graving-tool, with which…
חֶ֫רֶט noun [masculine] graving-tool, stylus —
1 graving-tool, with which Aaron fashioned (וַיָּצַר) the molten calf Exo 32:4 (E).
2 stylus, for writing on tablet (גִּלָּיוֺן): אֱנוֺשׁ בְּחֶרֶט עָלָיו כְּתֹב Isa 8:1 write on it with a man's (i.e. an ordinary) stylus = in common characters, intelligible to all (see BenzArchaeology 290).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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