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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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Isaiah 22:16
What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 22:16 · retained source text

What hast thou here? And whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as hee that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graueth an habitation for himselfe in a rocke?

1611 marginal noteOr, O hee.

Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 2:13 · retained source text

For my people haue committed two euils: they haue forsaken me, the fountaine of liuing waters, and hewed them out cisternes, broken cisternes that can hold no water.

1611 marginal noteChap. 17.13. & 18.14 psal.36.9.

Hosea 6:5
Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 6:5 · retained source text

Therefore haue I shewed them by the Prophets: I haue slaine them by the wordes of my mouth, and thy iudgements are as the light that goeth foorth.

1611 marginal noteOr, that thy iudgements might be, &c.

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

volume 1, leaf 906, column 1 (main_dictionary)