A-1 | Verb | Strong's Number: g1581 | Greek: ekkopto |
Hew, Hew Down, Hewn:
"to cut out or down" (ek, "out of," kopto, "to cut"), is rendered "to hew down," of trees, Mat 3:10; 7:19 (a similar testimony by John the Baptist and Christ); Luk 3:9.
See CUT, HINDER.
A-2 | Verb | Strong's Number: g2998 | Greek: latomeo |
Hew, Hew Down, Hewn:
signifies "to hew out stones" (from latomos, "a stone-cutter;" las, "a stone," temno, "to cut"), and is used of the sepulchre which Joseph of Arimathaea had "hewn" out of a rock for himself, where the body of the Lord was buried, Mat 27:60; Mar 15:46.
B-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g2991 | Greek: laxeutos |
Hew, Hew Down, Hewn:
denotes "hewn in stone" (las, "a stone," xeo, "to scrape;" cp. A, No. 2), is used of Christ's tomb, in Luk 23:53.
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