International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
MASONma'-s'n: The translation of 4 Hebrew words:
(1) charash 'ebhen, "graver of stone" (2 Samuel 5:11);
(2) (3) gadhar (2 Kings 12:12), charash qur (1 Chronicles 14:1), "maker of a wall (or hedge)";
(4) chatsabh, "a hewer or digger (of stones)" (1 Chronicles 22:2 Ezra 3:7).
Lebanon still supplies the greater number of skilled masons to Palestine and Syria (see 2 Samuel 5:11), those of Shweir being in special repute.
See CRAFTS, II, 8; also ARCHITECTURE; BUILDING; GEBAL; HOUSE.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
An artificer in stone. The Tyrians seem to have been specially skilled in architecture (
1 Kings 5:17, 18;
2 Samuel 5:11). This art the Hebrews no doubt learned in Egypt (
Exodus 1:11, 14), where ruins of temples and palaces fill the traveller with wonder at the present day.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) One whose occupation is to build with stone or brick; also, one who prepares stone for building purposes.
2. (n.) A member of the fraternity of Freemasons. See Freemason.
3. (v. t.) To build stonework or brickwork about, under, in, over, etc.; to construct by masons; -- with a prepositional suffix; as, to mason up a well or terrace; to mason in a kettle or boiler.
Strong's Hebrew
2672. chatsab -- to hew, hew out, cleave... cut, dig, divide, grave, hew out made,
mason. Or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'};
a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other
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... mason, side, town, very, wall. ... 22:5) {keer}; or (feminine) qiyrah {kee-raw'}; from
quwr; a wall (as built in a trench) -- + mason, side, town, X very, wall. ...
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1443. gadar -- to wall up or off, to build a wall
... close up, fence up, hedge, enclose, make up a wall, mason, repairer. A
primitive root; to wall in or around -- close up, fence up ...
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2796. charash -- engraver, artificer
... workers (1). artificer, carpenter, craftsman, engraver, maker, mason, skilful,
smith,. From charash; a fabricator or any material ...
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51. Abishur -- "my father is a wall," an Israelite
... Abishur. From 'ab and shuwr; father of (the) wall (ie Perhaps mason); Abishur, an
Israelite -- Abishur. see HEBREW 'ab. see HEBREW shuwr. << 50, 51. Abishur. 52 ...
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68. eben -- a stone
... From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, +
plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s). ...
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