Lexical Definition

‎גָּזִית‎ gâzîyth (gaw-zeeth') cutting ^H:N-F
from ‎גָּזָה‎

hewed, hewn stone, wrought.

• something cut, i.e. dressed stone

1) a cutting, hewing

See Greek: λίθος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎גָּזִית‎ noun feminine a cutting, hewing — ‎גָּזִית‎ Exod 20:25 + 10 t., always absolute; — hewing, ‎׳‎‎אַבְנֵי ג‎ = hewn stones (building-stones) 1Kgs 5:31*; 1Chr 22:2; Ezek 40:42 (for tables), compare ‎׳‎‎אֲבָנִים יְקָרוֺת כְּמִדּוֺת ג‎ 1Kgs 7:9; 1Kgs 7:11 (but Klo strike out as gloss, compare ᵐ5); also without ‎אבני‎ = hewn stones Exod 20:25 (altar) Amos 5:11 (‎׳‎‎בָּֽתֵּי ג‎) Isa 9:9* (opposed to ‎לְבֵנִים‎); ‎׳‎‎טוּרֵי ג‎ 1Kgs 6:36, ‎׳‎‎טוּרִים ג‎ 1Kgs 7:12 also Lam 3:9 ‎׳‎‎גָּדַר דַּרְכִּי בְּג‎. ‎גִּזָּה‎ see below ‎גזז‎. below

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