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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 5:11＝1 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 5:11＝1 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 a Köii, § 60. 5; read חָֽרָשִׁים ?
2. figurative מַשְׁחִית ח׳ Ezekiel 21:36 men skilled to destroy.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:11

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 [fn]set them in filigree settings of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:35 - “He has filled them with [fn]skill to perform 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 performers of every work and makers of designs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver H2796 and a skillful workman and a [fn]weaver in [fn]blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - ‘Cursed is the man who makes [fn]an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, H2796 and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - Now no blacksmith H2796 could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make [fn]swords or spears.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:11 - Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters H2796 and stonemasons; H2796 and they built a house for David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 12:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:11 - 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 the LORD; and they [fn]paid it out to the carpenters H2796 and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:6 - to the carpenters H2796 and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen H2796 and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen H2796 and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:1 - Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons H2796 and carpenters, H2796 to build a house for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - “Moreover, there are many workmen with you, stonecutters and masons H2796 of stone and carpenters, H2796 and all men who are skillful in every kind of work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:5

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 [fn]done by the craftsmen. H2796 Who then is willing [fn]to consecrate himself this day to the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters H2796 to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers H2796 in iron and bronze to [fn]repair the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:11 - They in turn gave it to the carpenters H2796 and to the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:19 - As for the [fn]idol, a craftsman H2796 casts it,
A goldsmith plates it with gold,
And a silversmith fashions chains of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:20 - He who is too impoverished for such an offering
Selects a tree that does not rot;
He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman H2796
To [fn]prepare [fn]an idol that will not totter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:7 - So the craftsman H2796 encourages the smelter,
And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil,
Saying of the soldering, “It is good”;
And he fastens it with nails,
So that it will not totter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The man shapes H2796 iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and [fn]his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - Another shapes H2796 wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, so that it may sit in a house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:16 - They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them;
The manufacturers H2796 of idols will go away together in humiliation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:16 - “Behold, I Myself have created the smith H2796 who blows the fire of coals
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the peoples are [fn]delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman H2796 with a cutting tool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:9

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;
Violet and purple are their clothing;
They are all the work of skilled men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:1 - After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive 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, the LORD showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:2

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 departed from Jerusalem.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:31 - ‘I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, [fn]skilled H2796 in destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:6

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 broken to [fn]pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 13:2 - And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves molten images,
Idols [fn]skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the work of craftsmen. H2796
They say of them, “Let the [fn]men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 1:20

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