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This concept is significant in various passages of the Bible, where it is associated with purity, divine creation, and adherence to God's commandments.<br><br><b>Uncut Stones in Altars</b><br><br>One of the primary references to "uncut" in the Bible pertains to the construction of altars. In <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Exodus 20:25</a>, God commands the Israelites, "If you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with cut stones; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it." . This directive emphasizes the importance of using natural, unaltered stones, symbolizing the purity and holiness required in worship. The use of uncut stones signifies that the altar is made according to God's design, free from human manipulation or pride.<br><br><b>Uncut Hair in Nazarite Vows</b><br><br>The concept of "uncut" also appears in the context of the Nazarite vow, a special commitment to God described in <a href="/bsb/numbers/6.htm">Numbers 6</a>. Those who took the Nazarite vow were required to abstain from wine, avoid contact with the dead, and let their hair grow uncut for the duration of the vow. <a href="/numbers/6-5.htm">Numbers 6:5</a> states, "For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall pass over his head. He must be holy until the time of his consecration to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long." . The uncut hair served as a visible sign of the individual's dedication and separation unto the Lord, symbolizing a life set apart for divine purposes.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Spiritual Significance</b><br><br>The use of "uncut" elements in biblical practices underscores a broader spiritual principle of maintaining purity and integrity in one's relationship with God. By adhering to God's instructions to use uncut stones or maintain uncut hair, the faithful demonstrate obedience and reverence for divine authority. These practices serve as reminders of the need to preserve the sanctity of worship and personal devotion, free from the corrupting influences of human intervention.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Context</b><br><br>In the ancient Near Eastern context, the use of uncut stones and the practice of letting hair grow uncut were countercultural, as many surrounding nations employed elaborate stonework in their altars and had different customs regarding hair. The biblical injunctions to use uncut materials and maintain uncut hair set the Israelites apart from their neighbors, reinforcing their identity as a people chosen and consecrated by God.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b><br><br>Theologically, the concept of "uncut" reflects the belief in God's sovereignty and the perfection of His creation. By using uncut stones and maintaining uncut hair, believers acknowledge that God's creation is inherently good and sufficient for His purposes. This acknowledgment calls for a humble acceptance of God's will and a rejection of human attempts to improve or alter what God has ordained.<br><br>In summary, the biblical use of "uncut" in various contexts serves as a powerful symbol of purity, obedience, and divine consecration. It highlights the importance of adhering to God's commands and maintaining a life that is set apart for His glory.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>a.</I>) Not cut; not separated or divided by cutting or otherwise; -- said especially of books, periodicals, and the like, when the leaves have not been separated by trimming in binding.<p>2. (<I>a.</I>) Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an uncut diamond.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/823.htm"><span class="l">823. atomos -- <b>uncut</b>, indivisible, (an indivisible) moment (of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>uncut</b>, indivisible, (an indivisible) moment (of time). Part of Speech: Adjective<br> Transliteration: atomos Phonetic Spelling: (at'-om-os) Short Definition: an <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/823.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8003.htm"><span class="l">8003. shalem -- complete, safe, at peace</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), complete (1), completed (1), completely (1), entire (2), friendly (1), full<br> (4), just (1), perfect (2), prepared (1), safely (1), <b>uncut</b> (2), whole (5 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8003.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_xxii_the_sayings_of_pythagoras.htm"><span class="l">The "Sayings" of Pythagoras.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For it lies within your reach both to nourish the body, and make the soul better.<br> [667] "Don't take a bite out of an <b>uncut</b> loaf;" (meaning,) diminish not thy <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xxii the sayings of pythagoras.htm</font><p><a href="/library/athanasius/select_works_and_letters_or_athanasius/section_13_the_folly_of.htm"><span class="l">The Folly of Image Worship and Its Dishonour to Art.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> in their folly, not seeing, nor at all considering that they are worshipping, not<br> gods, but the carver's art.2. For so long as the stone is <b>uncut</b> and the wood <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/section 13 the folly of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lanciani/pagan_and_christian_rome/chapter_vi_pagan_cemeteries.htm"><span class="l">Pagan Cemeteries.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Then there are bodies protected by a circle of <b>uncut</b> stones; others lying at the<br> bottom of wells, and finally regular sarcophagi in the shape of square huts <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter vi pagan cemeteries.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hengstenberg/christology_of_the_old_testament/works_published_by_t_&.htm"><span class="l">Works Published by T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Volumes will be handsomely bound in cloth, with red edges; but Subscribers may<br> have them with <b>uncut</b> edges, by intimating their wish with their order. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/works published by t &.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/of_the_three_woe_trumpets.htm"><span class="l">Of the Three Woe Trumpets.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> that insects were spoken of,) "having hair as the hair of women;" that is, they<br> were Arabs by nation, who, according to Pliny, wear their hair <b>uncut</b>, and in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mede/a key to the apocalypse/of the three woe trumpets.htm</font><p><a href="/library/edersheim/the_life_and_times_of_jesus_the_messiah/chapter_xviii_the_unjust_steward.htm"><span class="l">The Unjust Steward - Dives and Lazarus - Jewish Agricultural Notes <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> to grow a Cor. The average price of a Cor of wheat, bought <b>uncut</b>, amounted<br> to about 25 dinars, or 15s. Striking an average between <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xviii the unjust steward.htm</font><p><a href="/library/prideaux/directions_to_church-wardens/8_of_removing_tithes.htm"><span class="l">Of Removing Tithes.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> And it seems that a custom to set out the tithes by the tenth row if equal, and<br> by the tenth hill, where the rows are unequal, leaving the binds <b>uncut</b>, and the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../prideaux/directions to church-wardens/8 of removing tithes.htm</font><p><a href="/library/chrysostom/homilies_on_the_gospel_of_st_john_and_hebrews/homily_lx_john_x_14.htm"><span class="l">John x. 14, 15</span></a> <br><b>...</b> For when thou seest some bound, others covered with filth, others with <b>uncut</b> hair<br> and clothed in rags, others perishing with hunger, and running like dogs to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lx john x 14.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bliss/a_brief_commentary_on_the_apocalypse/the_seven_trumpets.htm"><span class="l">The Seven Trumpets.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> their heads they wore yellow turbans, like coronets; their demeanor was grave and<br> firm; their hair, like that of women, was suffered to grow <b>uncut</b>; they were <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the seven trumpets.htm</font><p><a href="/library/plotinus/the_six_enneads/seventh_tractate_how_the_multiplicity.htm"><span class="l">Seventh Tractate. How the Multiplicity of the Ideal-Forms came <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> a stone is like lopping a twig from a tree, except of course that there is no hurt<br> done, the stone remaining a member of the earth as the twig, <b>uncut</b>, of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../plotinus/the six enneads/seventh tractate how the multiplicity.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/u/uncut.htm"><span class="l"><b>Uncut</b> (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Not ground, or otherwise cut, into a certain shape; as, an <b>uncut</b><br> diamond. Multi-Version Concordance <b>Uncut</b> (5 Occurrences). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/uncut.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nazarite.htm"><span class="l">Nazarite (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Nazarite vow. This could only be terminated by his going up to Jerusalem to<br> offer up the hair which till then was to be left <b>uncut</b>. But <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nazarite.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/n/nazirite.htm"><span class="l">Nazirite (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The conditions of Naziritism entailed: (1) the strictest abstinence from wine and<br> from every product of the vine; (2) the keeping of the hair <b>uncut</b> and the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/n/nazirite.htm - 21k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vine-gardens.htm"><span class="l">Vine-gardens (41 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Judges 15:5 Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the <b>uncut</b> grain<br> of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vine-gardens.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vine.htm"><span class="l">Vine (76 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5, 11, "undressed vine," the King James Version "vine undressed," margin "separation."<br> This may mean an unpruned vine and be a reference to the <b>uncut</b> locks of <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vine.htm - 46k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/untouched.htm"><span class="l">Untouched (8 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joshua 8:31 In the way ordered by Moses, the servant of the Lord, as it is recorded<br> in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of <b>uncut</b> stones, untouched by any <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/untouched.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/uncultured.htm"><span class="l">Uncultured (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/uncultured.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/undamaged.htm"><span class="l">Undamaged (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/undamaged.htm - 6k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/locks.htm"><span class="l">Locks (29 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerus"<br> (Ezekiel 8:3). (2) The word pera` signifies the <b>uncut</b> and disheveled <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/locks.htm - 18k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wielded.htm"><span class="l">Wielded (7 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Joshua 8:31 as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as<br> it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of <b>uncut</b> stones, on <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wielded.htm - 8k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/holy-magic-hair.html">What is holy magic hair? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/what-is-an-altar.html">What is an altar? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Delilah-in-the-Bible.html">Who was Delilah in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/uncut.htm">Uncut: 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">Uncut (5 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/27-6.htm">Deuteronomy 27:6</a></span><br />You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of <span class="boldtext">uncut</span> stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God: <br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/8-31.htm">Joshua 8:31</a></span><br />as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of <span class="boldtext">uncut</span> stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron. They offered burnt offerings on it to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace offerings.<br /><span class="source">(WEB BBE NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/15-5.htm">Judges 15:5</a></span><br />Then firing the sticks, he let the foxes loose among the <span class="boldtext">uncut</span> grain of the Philistines, and all the corded stems as well as the living grain and the vine-gardens and the olives went up in flames.<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/8-12.htm">Job 8:12</a></span><br />While it 'is' in its budding -- uncropt, Even before any herb it withereth.<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/49-9.htm">Jeremiah 49:9</a></span><br />If men came to get your grapes, would they not let some be <span class="boldtext">uncut</span> on the vines? if thieves came by night, would they not make waste till they had enough?<br /><span class="source">(BBE)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/u/uncut.htm">Uncut</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/uncut.htm">Uncut (5 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/u/undecayingly.htm">Undecayingly (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/grain-plants.htm">Grain-plants (1 Occurrence)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/u/uncultured.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Uncultured"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Uncultured" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/u/undamaged.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Undamaged"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Undamaged" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>