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This term is notably associated with acts of violence and judgment in the Scriptures, often symbolizing severe punishment or persecution.<br><br><b>Biblical References:</b><br><br>1. <b><a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a></b> · This verse is part of a passage that recounts the sufferings and faith of the prophets and other faithful individuals in the Old Testament. It states, "They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated." The phrase "sawed in two" is traditionally understood to refer to the martyrdom of the prophet Isaiah, although this specific event is not detailed in the canonical texts. According to Jewish tradition and extra-biblical sources, Isaiah was executed by being sawn in half during the reign of King Manasseh.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/1_kings/7-9.htm">1 Kings 7:9</a></b> · While not directly using the term "sawed," this passage describes the construction of Solomon's temple and the use of stone that was "cut" or "sawed" to precise measurements. "All these were made of costly stones, cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, from the foundation to the coping, and from the outside to the great court." This reference highlights the use of saws in craftsmanship and construction, demonstrating the tool's importance in ancient building practices.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Interpretation:</b><br><br>In the biblical narrative, the act of being "sawed" often carries a symbolic weight, representing extreme suffering and the ultimate test of faith. The mention of being "sawed in two" in <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a> serves as a testament to the endurance and steadfastness of the prophets and martyrs who remained faithful to God despite facing horrific persecution.<br><br>Theologically, this imagery underscores the cost of discipleship and the reality of suffering for one's faith. It serves as a reminder of the trials faced by those who stand firm in their commitment to God, even unto death. The faithful are encouraged to persevere, drawing strength from the examples of those who have gone before them.<br><br><b>Historical Context:</b><br><br>The use of saws in ancient times was not limited to construction but also extended to acts of execution and torture. The historical context of such practices provides insight into the brutal methods employed by certain regimes to suppress dissent and punish those deemed as threats to their authority.<br><br>In summary, the concept of being "sawed" in the Bible is a powerful image of martyrdom and faithfulness under persecution. It serves as a poignant reminder of the trials faced by the righteous and the ultimate hope of vindication and reward in the presence of God.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>imp.</I>) of Saw.<p>2. (<I>p. p.</I>) of Saw.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1641.htm"><span class="l">1641. garar -- to drag, drag away</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. root Definition to drag, drag away NASB Word Usage chew<br> (1), drag them away (2), <b>sawed</b> (1), sweeping (1). catch <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1641.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/hutton/history_of_the_moravian_church/chapter_xiv_the_american_experiments.htm"><span class="l">The American Experiments, 1734-1762.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> own houses; they made their own clothes and boots; they tilled the soil and provided<br> their own meat, vegetables, bread, milk, and eggs; they <b>sawed</b> their own <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xiv the american experiments.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cyril/lectures_of_s_cyril_of_jerusalem/lecture_ii_on_repentance_and.htm"><span class="l">On Repentance and Remission of Sins, and Concerning the Adversary.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Manasses also was utterly wicked, who <b>sawed</b> Isaiah asunder [532] , and was defiled<br> with all kinds of idolatries, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood [533 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/lecture ii on repentance and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_cxx_christians_were_promised_to.htm"><span class="l">Christians were Promised to Isaac, Jacob, and Judah.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> which had your teachers comprehended, be well assured they would have deleted them,<br> as they did those about the death of Isaiah, whom you <b>sawed</b> asunder with a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter cxx christians were promised to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/a_ruler_who_wronged_his.htm"><span class="l">A Ruler who Wronged his People</span></a> <br><b>...</b> married. All these buildings were of costly stones, hewn according to<br> measurements, <b>sawed</b> with saws, both on the inside and outside. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/...//christianbookshelf.org/sherman/the childrens bible/a ruler who wronged his.htm</font><p><a href="/library/scholasticus/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_scholasticus/chapter_xxxviii_cruelty_of_macedonius_and.htm"><span class="l">Cruelty of Macedonius, and Tumults Raised by Him.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> They first pressed in a box, and then <b>sawed</b> off, the breasts of such women as were<br> unwilling to communicate with them. The same parts of the persons. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../chapter xxxviii cruelty of macedonius and.htm</font><p><a href="/library/josephus/the_antiquities_of_the_jews/chapter_5_how_solomon_built.htm"><span class="l">How Solomon Built Himself a Royal Palace, Very Costly and Splendid <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Some of these Solomon built with stones of ten cubits, and wainscoted the walls<br> with other stones that were <b>sawed</b>, and were of great value, such as are dug out <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how solomon built.htm</font><p><a href="/library/deane/pseudepigrapha/the_ascension_of_isaiah.htm"><span class="l">The Ascension of Isaiah.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> It is true also that, according to the Greek version of Amos, the Damascenes <b>sawed</b><br> asunder the Gileadite women; [281] but the writer in the Epistle is not <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/deane/pseudepigrapha/the ascension of isaiah.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_extant_works_and_fragments_of_hippolytus/doubtful_fragments_on_the_pentateuch.htm"><span class="l">Doubtful Fragments on the Pentateuch.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> of Baalbach, [1365] a city which Soliman, son of King David, had built of old, and<br> which was restored anew in the days of King Menasse, who <b>sawed</b> Esaia the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../doubtful fragments on the pentateuch.htm</font><p><a href="/library/judy/questionable_amusements_and_worthy_substitutes/i_tobacco.htm"><span class="l">Tobacco.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> one hundred and forty-five million dollars more than all our printing and publishing;<br> one hundred and thirty-five million dollars more than the <b>sawed</b> lumber of <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../judy/questionable amusements and worthy substitutes/i tobacco.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/exhortation_to_the_heathen/chapter_iv_the_absurdity_and_shamefulness.htm"><span class="l">The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by which the Gods are <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> moon. But images, being motionless, inert, and senseless, are bound, nailed,<br> glued,"are melted, filed, <b>sawed</b>, polished, carved. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../exhortation to the heathen/chapter iv the absurdity and shamefulness.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/sawed.htm"><span class="l"><b>Sawed</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp.) of Saw. 2. (pp) of Saw. Multi-Version<br> Concordance <b>Sawed</b> (2 Occurrences). Hebrews 11:37 they were <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sawed.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sawest.htm"><span class="l">Sawest (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sawest.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/lumber.htm"><span class="l">Lumber (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (n.) Timber <b>sawed</b> or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves,<br> hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/lumber.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/graft.htm"><span class="l">Graft (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The wild olive trees (Arabic colloquial, zeitun berri) are cut back, slits made<br> on the freshly <b>sawed</b> branch ends, and two or three grafts from a cultivated <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/graft.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wood.htm"><span class="l">Wood (226 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6. (n.) Trees cut or <b>sawed</b> for the fire or other uses. 7. (vt) To supply with wood,<br> or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wood.htm - 42k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/trimmed.htm"><span class="l">Trimmed (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 7:9 All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure,<br><b>sawed</b> with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/trimmed.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/eaves.htm"><span class="l">Eaves (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1 Kings 7:9 All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure,<br><b>sawed</b> with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/eaves.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/plank.htm"><span class="l">Plank (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A broad piece of <b>sawed</b> timber, differing<br> from a board only in being thicker. See Board. 2. (n.) Fig <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/plank.htm - 9k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/building.htm"><span class="l">Building (249 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Occasionally a piece of carefully dressed masonry is found, but it is the exception<br> and is often a re-use of an earlier type akin to "<b>sawed</b> stone" (1 Kings 7:9 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/building.htm - 47k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/board.htm"><span class="l">Board (47 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (n.) A piece of timber <b>sawed</b> thin, and of considerable length and breadth<br> as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/board.htm - 23k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/how-did-Isaiah-die.html">How did Isaiah die? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/sawed.htm">Sawed: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Sawed (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37</a></span><br />they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_kings/7-9.htm">1 Kings 7:9</a></span><br />All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, <span class="boldtext">sawed</span> with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/sawed.htm">Sawed</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/w/whore.htm">Whore (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/firmness.htm">Firmness (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/candlesticks.htm">Candlesticks 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