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Lexicon :: Strong's H2796 - ḥārāš

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חָרָשׁ
Transliteration
ḥārāš
Pronunciation
khaw-rawsh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 760a

Strong’s Definitions

חָרָשׁ chârâsh, khaw-rawsh'; from H2790; a fabricator or any material:—artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x

The KJV translates Strong's H2796 in the following manner: carpenter (11x), workman (6x), craftsman (4x), engraver (3x), artificers (2x), smith (2x), makers (1x), skilful (1x), smith (with H1270) (1x), workers (1x), wrought (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 33x
The KJV translates Strong's H2796 in the following manner: carpenter (11x), workman (6x), craftsman (4x), engraver (3x), artificers (2x), smith (2x), makers (1x), skilful (1x), smith (with H1270) (1x), workers (1x), wrought (1x).
  1. craftsman, artisan, engraver, graver, artificer

    1. graver, artificer

    2. skilful to destroy (warriors) (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרָשׁ chârâsh, khaw-rawsh'; from H2790; a fabricator or any material:—artificer, (+) carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful, (+) smith, worker, workman, such as wrought.
STRONGS H2796: Abbreviations
חָרָשׁ noun masculineExodus 38:23 graver, artificer (Phoenician חרש) — absolute ח׳ (=*חַרָּשׁ) Exodus 35:35 + 14 times; construct חָרַשׁ Exodus 28:11 + 2 times; plural חָֽרָשִׁים Hosea 13:2 + 7 times; חֲרָשִׁים 1 Chronicles 4:14 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 11:35 (see below); construct חָֽרָשֵׁי 2 Samuel 5:11 + 6 times; —
1. graver, artificer:
a. worker in metal 1 Samuel 13:19; Hosea 8:6; Hosea 13:2; Deuteronomy 27:15; Jeremiah 10:9 (|| צֹרֵף), Isaiah 40:19 (|| id.), Isaiah 54:16; 1 Chronicles 29:5; בַּרְזֶל ח׳ Isaiah 44:12; 2 Chronicles 24:12; perhaps also Isaiah 41:7 (+ צֹרֵף); apparently=hammer Zechariah 2:3 (symbolic).
b. worker in wood עֵץ ח׳ 2 Samuel 5:111 Chronicles 14:1 (עֵצִים), 2 Kings 12:12; 2 Kings 22:6 2 Chronicles 34:11; Jeremiah 10:3; Isaiah 40:20; Isaiah 44:13 (see also 1 Chronicles 22:15 below); perhaps also Ezra 3:7; 2 Chronicles 24:12 (both || חצב).
c. worker in stone אֶבֶן קִיר ח׳ 2 Samuel 5:111 Chronicles 14:1 (omitted אבן); also of engraving on gems אבן ח׳ Exodus 28:11 (P; || מִּתּוּחֵי חֹתָם); see also following
d. in general אֶבֶן וָעֵץ ח׳ 1 Chronicles 22:15; idol-maker צִירִים ח׳ Isaiah 45:16, compare Isaiah 44:11 (also Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 44:13 above), 2 Kings 24:14, 16; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:2 (all || מַסְגֵּר), Exodus 35:35; Exodus 38:23 (both P; both || חשֵׁב). In גֵּיא חֲרָשִׁים 1 Chronicles 4:14, גֵּי הַחֲ׳ Nehemiah 11:35 valley of (the) artificers, and חֲרָשִׁים artificers 1 Chronicles 4:14, ח has ֲ֯ exceptionally, see Ol§ 183 aii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים ?
2. figurative מַשְׁחִית ח׳ Ezekiel 21:36 men skilled to destroy.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:11; 28:11; 35:35; 35:35; 38:23; 38:23

Deuteronomy

27:15

1 Samuel

13:19

2 Samuel

5:11; 5:11; 5:11

2 Kings

12:12; 22:6; 24:14; 24:16

1 Chronicles

4:14; 4:14; 4:14; 14:1; 14:1; 22:15; 22:15; 29:5

2 Chronicles

24:12; 24:12; 34:11

Ezra

3:7

Nehemiah

11:35; 11:35

Isaiah

40:19; 40:20; 41:7; 44:11; 44:12; 44:12; 44:13; 44:13; 45:16; 54:16

Jeremiah

10:3; 10:9; 24:1; 29:2

Hosea

8:6; 13:2; 13:2

Zechariah

2:3

H2796

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2796 matches the Hebrew חָרָשׁ (ḥārāš),
which occurs 36 times in 33 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - [fn]As a jeweler H2796 engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them all around in filigree settings of gold.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with [fn]wisdom in their heart to do every work of an engraver H2796 and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in [fn]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as those who do every work and make designs.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman H2796 and a skillful designer and a [fn]weaver in [fn]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed is the man who makes a graven image or a molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman H2796, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 -

Now no blacksmith H2796 could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make [fn]swords or spears.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 -

Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen H2796 of wood and craftsmen H2796 of stone walls; and they built a house for David.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - And they gave the money, which was weighed out, into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of Yahweh; and they [fn]paid it out to the craftsmen H2796 of wood and the builders who worked on the house of Yahweh;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - to the craftsmen H2796 and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - Then he took away into exile all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen H2796 and the smiths. None was left except the poorest people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - Now all the valiant men, seven thousand, and the craftsmen H2796 and the smiths, one thousand, all mighty men who could wage war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:14 -

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah,

and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of [fn]Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen H2796.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 -

Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and craftsmen H2796 of walls and craftsmen H2796 of wood, to build a house for him.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover, there are many of those who do the work with you, hewers of stone and craftsmen H2796 of stone and wood, and all men who are [fn]wise in every kind of work.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:5 - of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work done by the hand of craftsmen H2796. Who then would offer willingly [fn]to ordain himself this day to Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of Yahweh; and they hired masons and [fn]carpenters H2796 to restore the house of Yahweh, and also craftsmen H2796 in iron and bronze to [fn]repair the house of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They in turn gave it to the craftsmen H2796 and to the builders to buy hewn stone and timber for clamps and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters H2796, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 -

As for the graven images, a craftsman H2796 casts it,

A goldsmith plates it with gold,

And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 -

He who is too impoverished to make such a contribution

Chooses a tree that does not rot;

He seeks out for himself a wise craftsman H2796

To [fn]prepare a graven image that will not be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 -

So the craftsman H2796 strengthens the smelter,

And he who smooths metal with the hammer strengthens him who beats the anvil,

Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;

And he strengthens it with nails,

So that it will not be shaken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:11 - Behold, all his companions will be put to shame. The craftsmen H2796 themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them be in dread, let them together be put to shame.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 -

The man crafts H2796 iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]forming it with hammers and working it with his powerful arm. He also gets hungry and has no power; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - Another crafts H2796 wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with [fn]a stylus. He makes it with planes and outlines it with a compass and makes it like the form of a man, like the glory of man, so that it may sit in a house.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 -

They will be put to shame and even dishonored, all of them;

The craftsmen H2796 of idols will go away together in dishonor.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 -

“Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman H2796 who blows the fire of coals

And brings out a weapon for its work;

And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 -

For the statutes of the peoples are vanity

Because it is wood cut from the forest,

The work of the hands of a craftsman H2796 with a cutting tool.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:9 -

Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish,

And gold from Uphaz,

The work of a craftsman H2796 and of the hands of a goldsmith;

Blue and purple are their clothing;

They are all the work of wise craftsmen.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 -

After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken away into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen H2796 and smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, Yahweh showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of Yahweh!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:2 - (This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen H2796, and the smiths had gone out from Jerusalem.)
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:31 - ‘And I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My fury, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, craftsmen H2796 of destruction.
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:6 -

For from Israel is even this!

A craftsman H2796 made it, so it is not God;

Surely the calf of Samaria will be smashed to splinters.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 -

And now they sin more and more

And make for themselves molten images,

Idols made from their silver according to their understanding,

All of them the work of craftsmen H2796.

They are saying of them, “Let the [fn]men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:20 - Then Yahweh showed me four craftsmen H2796.
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