Bible Dictionaries
Chisel

Holman Bible Dictionary

The English term NIV uses to translate several Hebrew expressions for working with wood and stone. The verb pasal means to hew out or dress stone (Exodus 34:1; Deuteronomy 10:1; 1 Kings 5:18; Habakkuk 2:18 ). Garzen is an ax used in the stone quarries or forests ( Deuteronomy 19:5; 1 Kings 6:7 ). Hoqqi is a verbal noun meaning cutting out or engraving ( Isaiah 22:16; Isaiah 30:8 ). Isaiah employs a word used nowhere else and meaning a carpenter's tool for forming an idol. KJV, NAS, NRSV read “planes.” Ma' atsad is apparently a small, curved cutting tool, perhaps an adze ( Isaiah 44:12; Jeremiah 10:3 ). KJV reads “tongs” in Isaiah 44:12 .