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hewed

Meaning of “hewed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hew, meaning to cut or shape with blows of an axe or another instrument.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
13 occurrences13 verses8 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 34:4

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1 Samuel 11:7
And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 11:7 · retained source text

And he tooke a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoeuer commeth not foorth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it bee done vnto his oxen: and the feare of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

1611 marginal noteHeb. as one man.

1 Samuel 15:33
And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
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1611 witness · 1 Samuel 15:33 · retained source text

And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childlesse, so shall thy mother bee childlesse among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

1611 marginal noteExod. 17.11. num. 14.45.

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Cut and made smooth or even; chopped; hacked; shaped by cutting or by a chisel.

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