חָרָשׁ
chârâsh · H2796 · Hebrew · 37 occurrences
Thing
Meanings
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craftsman
Person with the skill to produce an artifact out of rough materials, such as stone, wood, metal
ExamplesExodus 35:35 “He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver, of a designer, and of an embroiderer, in violet, purple, and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs.
Exodus 38:23 With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skilled embroiderer, and a weaver in violet, in purple, and in scarlet material, and fine linen.
Deuteronomy 27:15 ‘Cursed is the person who makes a carved image or cast metal image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall reply and say, ‘Amen.’
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craftsman > expert
Person who has the ability and skill to carry out a certain event
ExamplesEzekiel 21:31 ‘I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will hand you over to brutal men, craftsmen of destruction.
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Ge-Harashim, Geharashim, Valley of Craftsmen
Location where craftsmen settled; located on coastal plain; founded by a man named Joab, son of Seraiah, tribe of Judah
Examples1 Chronicles 4:14 Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.
How it’s used In 9 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
12 occurrences in 7 groups
- עֵץtree, wood 5
- אֶבֶןstone 3
- בַּרְזֶלiron 2
- מַשְׁחִיתdestruction 1
- נְחֹשֶׁתbronze, copper 1
- צִירimage 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
4 occurrences in 5 groups
- חָכָםwise 1
- יָצָאto go out 1
- אֶלֶףthousand 1
- נָפַחto blow 1
- אַרְבַּעfour 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
What it doesIt is the subject
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- הָלַךְto go, to walk 1
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 1
- מָצָאto find 1
- נָטָהto stretch out, to incline 1
- נָסַךְto pour out 1
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What is done to itIt is the object
8 occurrences in 6 groups
- גָּלָהto uncover, to reveal, to go into exile 2
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 2
- בָּקַשׁto seek, to search, to look for 1
- בָּרָאto create 1
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- שָׂכַרto hire oneself out 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אׇהֳלִיאָבOholiab 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 5
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
7 occurrences in 3 groups
- יָדhand, power 3
- מַעֲשֶׂהwork, deed 3
- חָכָםwise 1
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- τέκτων téktōn · G5045 · builder, carpenter
- τέκτων (téktōn, G5045) serves as the standard Greek rendering of חָרָשׁ (chârâsh, H2796) in LXX translation contexts, both denoting skilled craftsmen/artisans, with τέκτων specifically emphasizing woodworking trades while חָרָשׁ encompasses a broader range of material crafts (metal, stone, wood); the semantic overlap centers on the general concept of skilled manual artisan.
Semantic domains 4 entries
- Professions001001003009
- חָרָשׁ names a skilled craftsman by trade, especially an engraver, smith, or carpenter, as with Bezalel and Oholiab, who were filled with skill to work as engravers, designers, and embroiderers (Exodus 35:35).
- Happen002002003003
- This entry carries no independent "Happen" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of חָרָשׁ denotes a craftsman, engraver, or skilled worker (Exodus 28:11, 35:35, Isaiah 40:19-20), not an event happening or coming to pass. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
- Names of Landforms003001008
- This entry carries no independent "Names of Landforms" sense of its own; every genuine occurrence is the common noun for a craftsman or skilled worker, not a landform. The domain is bundle-shared with an unrelated place name sharing this root (compare 1 Chronicles 4:14's "Ge-harashim," the Valley of Craftsmen).
- Names of Locations003001010
- This entry carries no independent "Names of Locations" sense of its own; every genuine occurrence is the common noun for a craftsman, not a place name. The domain is bundle-shared with the place name "Ge-harashim" (Valley of Craftsmen, 1 Chronicles 4:14), which derives from this same root but is not itself among this lexeme's own tagged occurrences.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2796. charash חָרָשׁ noun masculineExo 38:23 graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) —…
חָרָשׁ noun masculineExo 38:23 graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) — absolute ׳ח (= *חַרָּשׁ) Exo 35:35 Exo 35:14t.; construct חָרַשׁ Exo 28:11 Exo 28:2t.; plural חָֽרָשִׁים Hos 13:2 Hos 13:7t.; חֲרָשִׁים 1Ch 4:14 (twice in verse); Neh 11:35 (see below); construct חָֽרָשֵׁי 2Sa 5:11 2Sa 5:6t.; —
1 graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1Sa 13:19; Hos 8:6; Hos 13:2; Deu 27:15; Jer 10:9 (|| צֹרֵף), Isa 40:19 (|| id.), Isa 54:16; 1Ch 29:5; ׳ח בַּרְזֶל Isa 44:12; 2Ch 24:12; perhaps also Isa 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently = hammer Zec 2:3 (symbolic).
b. worker in wood ׳ח עֵץ 2Sa 5:11 = 1Ch 14:1 (עֵצִים), 2Ki 12:12; 2Ki 22:6 2Ch 34:11; Jer 10:3; Isa 40:20; Isa 44:13 (see also 1Ch 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezr 3:7; 2Ch 24:12 (both || חצב).
c. worker in stone ׳ח קִיר אֶבֶן 2Sa 5:11 = 1Ch 14:1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems ׳ח אבן Exo 28:11 (P; || חֹתָם מִּתּוּחֵי); see also following
d. in General ׳ח וָעֵץ אֶבֶן 1Ch 22:15; idol-maker ׳ח צִירִים Isa 45:16, compare Isa 44:11 (also Isa 44:12; Isa 44:13 above), 2Ki 24:14, 2Ki 24:16; Jer 24:1; Jer 29:2 (all || מַסְגֵּר), Exo 35:35; Exo 38:23 (both P; both || חשֵׁב). In חֲרָשִׁים גֵּיא 1Ch 4:14, הַחֲ ׳גֵּי Neh 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1Ch 4:14, ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol§ 183 a Köii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים?
2 figurative ׳ח מַשְׁחִית Ezekiel 21:36 men skilled to destroy.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
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
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