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It conveys the action of shaping or preparing materials through cutting. This term is used in the Bible to describe the physical act of cutting down trees or preparing wood for various purposes, such as building or making fire.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, wood was a crucial resource for daily life, used for construction, fuel, and tools. The act of cutting wood was labor-intensive and required skill, often performed by specialized workers or laborers. The imagery of hewing wood is sometimes used metaphorically in the Bible to describe preparation or judgment.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to cut or gather wood<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>chops your wood (1), cut (1), fashioned (1), gather firewood (1), hewers of wood (3), woodcutters (1), woodsmen (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I. [<font class="hebrew2">חָטַב</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>cut or gather wood</b></font>, usually <em>firewood</em> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb031001.gif"> <em>firewood</em>, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb031002.gif"> <em>collect firewood</em> (see Wetzst in De<sup>Ps 144:12</sup>); Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb031003.gif"> <em>cut</em> (or gather) <em>firewood</em>) — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em> <font class="hebrew2">יַחְטְבוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Ezekiel 39:10</a>; <em>Infinitive</em> <font class="hebrew2">לַחְטֹב</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Deuteronomy 19:5</a>; <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">חֹטֵב</font> <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10</a>; plural <font class="hebrew2">חֹטְבִים</font>2Chron 2:9; construct <font class="hebrew2">חֹטְבֵי</font> <a href="/interlinear/joshua/9-21.htm">Joshua 9:21</a> 3t.; passive plural feminine <font class="hebrew2">חֲטֻבוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/7-16.htm">Proverbs 7:16</a> — <em>cut or gather</em> wood, followed by accusative <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19-5.htm">Deuteronomy 19:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">Deuteronomy 29:10</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">שׁאב מים</font>); compare <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Ezekiel 39:10</a> <font class="hebrew2">מןהֿיערים</font> (object in preceding clause); 2 Chron 2:9 ("" <font class="hebrew2">כֹּרְתֵי הָעֵצִים</font>); <em>Participle</em> construct <font class="hebrew2">עצים</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ח</font> <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/46-22.htm">Jeremiah 46:22</a>, and ("" <font class="hebrew2">שֹׁאֲבֵי מַיִם</font>) <a href="/interlinear/joshua/9-21.htm">Joshua 9:21</a>,23,27. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pu`al</b></font> <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">מְחֻטָּבוֺת</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/144-12.htm">Psalm 144:12</a> meaning dubious; perhaps <em>hewn</em> (so, in substance, Thes MV SS Ew Che Bae; see however II. <font class="hebrew2">חטב</font>), of corner-pillars (<font class="hebrew2">זָוִיּוֺת</font> see <font class="hebrew2">זָוִית</font> above), simile of beautiful, stately daughters. <p>II. <font class="hebrew2">חטב</font> (√of following; compare Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb031004.gif"> be of the colour <img src="/bdbgif/bdb031005.gif">, i.e. <em>turbid, dusky, mixed with yellowish red</em>, etc.; Aramaic <em>Participle</em> <img src="/bdbgif/bdb031006.gif"> <em>variegated</em> <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ6</font> <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/13-19.htm">2 Samuel 13:19</a>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>cut down, hewer, polish <p>A primitive root; to chop or carve wood -- cut down, hew(-er), polish. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְחֹטְבֵ֥י וחטבי חֹטְבֵ֥י חֹטְבֵ֨י חטבי יַחְטְבוּ֙ יחטבו כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י כחטבי לַֽחֹטְבִ֣ים ׀ לַחְטֹ֣ב לחטב לחטבים מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת מֵחֹטֵ֣ב מחטב מחטבות choteVei ḥō·ṭə·ḇê ḥōṭəḇê kə·ḥō·ṭə·ḇê kechoteVei kəḥōṭəḇê la·ḥō·ṭə·ḇîm lachoteVim lachTo laḥ·ṭōḇ laḥōṭəḇîm laḥṭōḇ mê·ḥō·ṭêḇ mə·ḥuṭ·ṭā·ḇō·wṯ mechoTev mechuttaVot mêḥōṭêḇ məḥuṭṭāḇōwṯ vechoteVei wə·ḥō·ṭə·ḇê wəḥōṭəḇê yachteVu yaḥ·ṭə·ḇū yaḥṭəḇū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/19-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 19:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">רֵעֵ֥הוּ בַיַּעַר֮ <b> לַחְטֹ֣ב </b> עֵצִים֒ וְנִדְּחָ֨ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> with his friend <span class="itali">to cut</span> wood,<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> with his neighbour <span class="itali">to hew</span> wood,<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/19-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> his friend the forest <span class="itali">to cut</span> wood swings<p><b><a href="/text/deuteronomy/29-11.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Deuteronomy 29:11</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּקֶ֣רֶב מַחֲנֶ֑יךָ <b> מֵחֹטֵ֣ב </b> עֵצֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> your camps, <span class="itali">from the one who chops your wood</span> to the one who draws<br><a href="/kjvs/deuteronomy/29.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> thy camp, <span class="itali">from the hewer</span> of thy wood<br><a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/29-11.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> is within your camps <span class="itali">chops</span> wood who<p><b><a href="/text/joshua/9-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 9:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִֽחְי֑וּ וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ <b> חֹטְבֵ֨י </b> עֵצִ֤ים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> So they became <span class="itali">hewers of wood</span> and drawers<br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto them, Let them live; <span class="itali">but let them be hewers</span> of wood<br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/9-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> live became <span class="itali">hewers</span> of wood and drawers<p><b><a href="/text/joshua/9-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 9:23</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מִכֶּ֜ם עֶ֗בֶד <b> וְחֹטְבֵ֥י </b> עֵצִ֛ים וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> being slaves, <span class="itali">both hewers of wood</span> and drawers<br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from being bondmen, <span class="itali">and hewers</span> of wood<br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/9-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> being slaves <span class="itali">hewers</span> of wood and drawers<p><b><a href="/text/joshua/9-27.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Joshua 9:27</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא <b> חֹטְבֵ֥י </b> עֵצִ֛ים וְשֹׁ֥אֲבֵי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/joshua/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> them that day <span class="itali">hewers of wood</span> and drawers<br><a href="/kjvs/joshua/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them that day <span class="itali">hewers</span> of wood<br><a href="/interlinear/joshua/9-27.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> day he <span class="itali">hewers</span> of wood and drawers<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/2-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 2:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וְהִנֵּ֣ה <b> לַֽחֹטְבִ֣ים ׀ </b> לְֽכֹרְתֵ֣י ׀ הָעֵצִ֡ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to your servants, <span class="itali">the woodsmen</span> who cut<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to thy servants, <span class="itali">the hewers</span> that cut<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/2-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> behold <span class="itali">the hewers</span> cut timber<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/144-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 144:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/144.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְּנוֹתֵ֥ינוּ כְזָוִיֹּ֑ת <b> מְ֝חֻטָּב֗וֹת </b> תַּבְנִ֥ית הֵיכָֽל׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/144.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> as corner <span class="itali">pillars fashioned</span> as for a palace;<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/144.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> [may be] as corner stones, <span class="itali">polished</span> [after] the similitude<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/144-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and our daughters corner <span class="itali">fashioned</span> the similitude A palace<p><b><a href="/text/jeremiah/46-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Jeremiah 46:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/46.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בָּ֣אוּ לָ֔הּ <b> כְּחֹטְבֵ֖י </b> עֵצִֽים׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/jeremiah/46.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And come <span class="itali">to her as woodcutters</span> with axes.<br><a href="/kjvs/jeremiah/46.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> against her with axes, <span class="itali">as hewers</span> of wood.<br><a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/46-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> axes and come <span class="itali">woodcutters</span> of wood<p><b><a href="/text/ezekiel/39-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezekiel 39:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשָּׂדֶ֗ה וְלֹ֤א <b> יַחְטְבוּ֙ </b> מִן־ הַיְּעָרִ֔ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezekiel/39.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from the field <span class="itali">or gather firewood</span> from the forests,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezekiel/39.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> out of the field, <span class="itali">neither cut down</span> [any] out of the forests;<br><a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/39-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the field or <span class="itali">gather</span> from the forests<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2404.htm">9 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2404.htm">Strong's Hebrew 2404<br>9 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chotevei_2404.htm">ḥō·ṭə·ḇê — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kechotevei_2404.htm">kə·ḥō·ṭə·ḇê — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lachotevim_2404.htm">la·ḥō·ṭə·ḇîm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/lachto_2404.htm">laḥ·ṭōḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mechotev_2404.htm">mê·ḥō·ṭêḇ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/mechuttavot_2404.htm">mə·ḥuṭ·ṭā·ḇō·wṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechotevei_2404.htm">wə·ḥō·ṭə·ḇê — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yachtevu_2404.htm">yaḥ·ṭə·ḇū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" 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